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Dhanush (Sanskrit: धनुष, "Bow") is a variant of the surface-to-surface or ship-to-ship Prithvi III missile, which has been developed for the Indian Navy. It is capable of carrying both conventional as well as nuclear warheads with pay-load capacity of 500 kg-1000 kg [39] and can strike targets in the range of 350 km. Dhanush is a system ...
Apr 23, 2024 · Dhanush is the third variant of the Prithvi missile family, capable of carrying nuclear or conventional payloads. It is operational since 2010 and has a range of 250-400 km and an accuracy of 50 m CEP.
- China. Unsurprisingly, China is one of those countries that is focused on both fields. It is widely acknowledged to be the leader in the field of hypersonic systems, having already fielded such weapons in the form of the DF-17 hypersonic glide vehicle.
- India. India on Sept. 7 conducted a test of a fully indigenous hypersonic technology demonstrator vehicle. (Indian Press Information Bureau) India is also pursuing both hypersonic and directed-energy weapons.
- Japan. The northeast Asian nation of Japan started its pursuit of hypersonic weapons in the late 2010s. It has set its sights on two classes of hypersonic systems: the hypersonic cruise missile, or HCM, and the hypervelocity gliding projectile, or HVGP.
- Korean Peninsula. The divided Korean Peninsula is also racing to develop hypersonic weapons. U.S. ally South Korea is pushing ahead with plans to develop its own hypersonic missiles as it seeks a viable missile strike capability in response to North Korea’s extensive ballistic missile arsenal.
Nov 24, 2013 · Dhanush is a nuclear-capable ballistic missile developed by India's DRDO and tested from a naval ship off the Odisha coast in 2013. It can carry conventional or nuclear payloads and can be used as an anti-ship or land attack weapon.
Nov 1, 2018 · The ship-based ballistic missile is the Dhanush, a 400-kilometer (249-mile) single-stage, liquid-fuel, short-range ballistic missile designed to launch from the back of two specially configured Sukanya-class patrol vessels (Subhadra and Suvarna); each ship can carry two missiles. The Dhanush is a ship-based variant of the Prithvi-II SRBM.
- Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda
- 2018
Feb 26, 2018 · On February 23, India’s Strategic Forces Command (SFC) test fired a Dhanush ballistic missile from an Indian Navy vessel in the Bay of Bengal. The missile was fired off an Indian Navy Sukyana -class offshore patrol vessel, either the INS Subhadra or INS Suvarna.
Oct 5, 2012 · The indigenously developed naval version of the Prithvi short-range ballistic missile has a strike range of up to 350 km and can carry 500 kg of conventional or nuclear warhead,a DRDO official said. “ Dhanush was test-fired from a naval ship off Odisha coast at around 1125 hours,” Ravi Kumar Gupta,Director in the Directorate of Public ...
