Indian Navy Developing Mach-7 Hypersonic PGLRSAM Interceptor Missile to Counter Pakistan's Newly Tested SMASH SLBM

The Pakistan Navy recently announced a successful test of its "indigenously developed Ship-Launched Ballistic Missile" (SLBM), named the SMASH SLBM or P282. This new missile reportedly has a range of 350 km and can strike land and sea targets with precision.

Equipped with advanced navigation systems and maneuverability features, the SMASH SLBM also possesses anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) capabilities, posing a potential threat to carrier groups and other strategic assets in the region.

However, Indian defence sources report that the Indian Navy has anticipated such developments and is actively enhancing its defensive capabilities with advanced interceptor technology.

Pakistani analysts suggest the SMASH SLBM is primarily designed to counter large naval formations, specifically targeting Indian aircraft carrier groups. Its precision targeting and advanced maneuverability enhance Pakistan's naval deterrence and expand its ability to deny access to its territorial waters.

While the SMASH SLBM represents a significant advancement in Pakistan's indigenous missile technology, a senior Indian Navy official assured that India has factored in these developments and is prepared to counter such threats.

The Indian Navy has already deployed its current generation of Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missiles (MR-SAM) on its warships, proven effective against supersonic and highly maneuverable missiles. Jointly developed by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Israel Aerospace Industries, the MR-SAM offers a defensive range of 90-100 kilometers.

To further bolster its naval defenses, the Indian Navy is developing a next-generation interceptor, the PGLRSAM. This advanced missile system is expected to significantly improve defensive range, with an interception capability exceeding 250 kilometers – more than double the current MR-SAM range.

Furthermore, the PGLRSAM is projected to achieve speeds of up to Mach 7, enabling it to intercept and neutralize a wider range of high-speed threats, including supersonic and hypersonic missiles. With these enhanced capabilities, the PGLRSAM is anticipated to engage and neutralize threats like the SMASH SLBM at a safe distance, effectively protecting Indian naval assets.

 

[Tailless Baboon]

Great.
Knowing the enemy is winning half the battle.
Yet, don't underestimate the Chinese imported missiles.

 

[Gentleman]

"neutralize hypersonic missile", joke of the day.

 

[Superpower Bharat]

One thing no one noticed. Current ship launched Brahmos range is 450 km. So SMASH launcher will be destroyed before even they tried to launch it....

 

[ASHOK CARROL]

instead of Old AK-630 navy must now induct the new generation CIWS capable of firing 10,000 RPM. instead of 4000rpm guns as last ditch capability to shoot down the missiles.

 

[M S Chatterji]

Well, it is good for Pakistan to continue waste money and stay in bankruptcy stage forever.

 

[Krishna]

Despite the significant threat posed by their new acquisition Pakistani Navy has one serious flaw.
They have only 1 port for major naval operations.
like berthing, MRO, etc.
Assuming Pakistan inducted 8 next generation chinese subs with this BM, without support of surface vessels their utility diminishes significantly.
With todays targeting capabilities IN need not go near to Karachi port as it once did.
All their surface fleet will be targetted on day 1 itself or they have to go beyond our capabiliies to stay safe, which i doubt PN could pull off.

Without surface support the predator (PN submarjne) becomes the prey.

Moreover SLBM's are for strategic purposes, not Tactical like targeting an aircraft carrier.
If IN has to be worried it's about newly acquired capability by PN surface ships to target indian AC.

 

[Sridhar]

India need to continously modernise its military keeping in mind that it's two adversaries will never shy away from grabbing Indian territory and keep India away from becoming a regional super power.

 

[RohitS]

Modi ji working in all dimensions to make india superpower. Otherwise congress made armed forces beg for even bullets.

 

[Sir Capt]

Made in China. Repainted by Pakistan. They have lots of beggars that are good at painting.

 

[Sos]

One thing no one noticed. Current ship launched Brahmos range is 450 km. So SMASH launcher will be destroyed before even they tried to launch it....

Is there ang radar capable enough to be perfectly accurate for 450 km
Range?
your comparison is good for land based targets that cannot move
For moving targets even if u just miss by 20meter.....it is a wastage of million dollor missile
Plus there are lot of anti missile defence that can counter brahmos also to some extend

 

[Bhishma]

American patriots are claimed to have intercepted several Russian launched Kinzal hypersonic missiles .MRSAM is of similar capabilities and PGLRSAM can certainly be more advanced.

Patriot is mach5, Kinzhal is mach10. How is it possible?

 

[Bhishma]

Lets be clear. Threat from Pak is real. Thanks to Chinese supplied weapons. Pak has zero industrial capability. Sure they can hit our ACs. But they will also have to be ready for massive escalation if they do it. They are what 150km wide in their population centers? Rest assured, they will be completely flattened if they touch our ACs. If China is maneuvering towards killing our ACs through proxies, we will have to counter by cultivating our own proxies in SCSea - supply the equivalent tech to Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan. We will have to posture so that they will have to forget one China dream if they keep with this BS.

 

[shivkumar sinha]

Patriot is mach5, Kinzhal is mach10. How is it possible?

Theoretically, even a subsonic interceptor can hit an incoming 10 mach missile.

 

[Chinese eater]

Well, it is good for Pakistan to continue waste money and stay in bankruptcy stage forever.

They are paid by USA to keep India in checkmate

 

[Khalid M Bhatti]

Pakistan achievements in advance technologies and efforts to maintain strategical balance in the South Asia is good omen for all the countries in the region. These deterences will keep India think thousands time before making any adventure against Pakistan. Thus it will provide opportunities to people in the region to prosperous together with enhancing regional cooperation in all sphere of life. As we we have observed since Pakistan developed Atomic deterences there's no war between India and Pakistan.

 

[Aman kumar]

Pakistan achievements in advance technologies and efforts to maintain strategical balance in the South Asia is good omen for all the countries in the region. These deterences will keep India think thousands time before making any adventure against Pakistan. Thus it will provide opportunities to people in the region to prosperous together with enhancing regional cooperation in all sphere of life. As we we have observed since Pakistan developed Atomic deterences there's no war between India and Pakistan.

Pakistan always attacks First, then when get defeated they cry like oppressed. All of the previous wars were Started by pork. We won all 🤣🤣🤣. Talking about prosperity WTF using IMF bail out money to buy weapons won't develop any prosperity.

 

[BCharlie]

One thing no one noticed. Current ship launched Brahmos range is 450 km. So SMASH launcher will be destroyed before even they tried to launch it....

If so, its comforting info.. but we have not heard nor seen news that we have tried testing Brahmos to hit moving targets in sea at 450km distance from Brahmos launch position & what is the success rate of hitting such moving targets ..

 

[BCharlie]

They are paid by USA to keep India in checkmate

Absolutely true.. Pakistan is milking both, Amrika & China with India bogey in the front; Its us who don't see & realize it; Nowadays they have created 2 other bogeys of terror attacks from across Iran & Afghanistan borders.. Both these also fall under Amriki plan of hatred .. & Pakistan goes laughing;

 

[Bhishma]

Theoretically, even a subsonic interceptor can hit an incoming 10 mach missile.

Theoretically I can stop a bullet by throwing a stone 🤷‍♀️

 

[BCharlie]

Despite the significant threat posed by their new acquisition Pakistani Navy has one serious flaw.
They have only 1 port for major naval operations.
like berthing, MRO, etc.
Assuming Pakistan inducted 8 next generation chinese subs with this BM, without support of surface vessels their utility diminishes significantly.
With todays targeting capabilities IN need not go near to Karachi port as it once did.
All their surface fleet will be targetted on day 1 itself or they have to go beyond our capabiliies to stay safe, which i doubt PN could pull off.

Without surface support the predator (PN submarjne) becomes the prey.

Moreover SLBM's are for strategic purposes, not Tactical like targeting an aircraft carrier.
If IN has to be worried it's about newly acquired capability by PN surface ships to target indian AC.

Ports & safe bases for Pak Naval Assets ... They have Karachi, Pasni, Gwadar, Sonmiani, Ormara, Basol, Aghor & Masola... A nobody like me know this, and we still think Karachi is the only naval base ? Its not the same Pakistan what it was for ports for naval assets in 1965 or 1971.. at that time there was only Karachi; If today it was only Karachi, then with total strength of Pak navy, Karachi Port then should be at least 18 or 20 km long .. Yes ?? .. as it also then needs commercial shipping to enter port.

 

[BCharlie]

Made in China. Repainted by Pakistan. They have lots of beggars that are good at painting.

Okay, but they have it what China has.. They are a fully armed Chinese Proxy.. Beggars or not.. in either case they are now very vicious & unpredictable.

 

[Bhishma]

As we we have observed since Pakistan developed Atomic deterences there's no war between India and Pakistan.

Actually, since we broke you into two, there was no war between India and Pakistan. Because you know, if you got into full scale war with us, you are going to be chopped up again. But what nukes? You dont have any nukes. US took them away when they camped there for 20years.

Btw, top quality entertainment. Please keep coming back

 

[Sandeep]

India has to keep on developing longer range cruise and hypersonic missiles with a longer range. The recent hypersonic missile test was a good start but we can do even better. At the same time we need to increase the range of our SAM so that we can intercept possible threats much earlier.

 

[Sandeep]

Okay, but they have it what China has.. They are a fully armed Chinese Proxy.. Beggars or not.. in either case they are now very vicious & unpredictable.

The problem with Chinese technology is that they never perform as they advertise it as. Also then you have the incompetent people using whatever junk technology Pakistan uses so there is a massive technology problem between the two systems.

 

[Radium]

Lets be clear. Threat from Pak is real. Thanks to Chinese supplied weapons. Pak has zero industrial capability. Sure they can hit our ACs. But they will also have to be ready for massive escalation if they do it. They are what 150km wide in their population centers? Rest assured, they will be completely flattened if they touch our ACs. If China is maneuvering towards killing our ACs through proxies, we will have to counter by cultivating our own proxies in SCSea - supply the equivalent tech to Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan. We will have to posture so that they will have to forget one China dream if they keep with this BS.

You are as confident as the Indians in 1962!

 

[Surfer]

Great.
Knowing the enemy is winning half the battle.
Yet, don't underestimate the Chinese imported missiles.

we don’t need SMSH SLBM to decommission our Ships and Submarines, our Navy will do it themselves by wrecking,, like the French junk Scorpene that went to junkyard yesterday, so why Pakistan is wasting it’s time.

 

[Superpower Bharat]

Is there ang radar capable enough to be perfectly accurate for 450 km
Range?
your comparison is good for land based targets that cannot move
For moving targets even if u just miss by 20meter.....it is a wastage of million dollor missile
Plus there are lot of anti missile defence that can counter brahmos also to some extend

Now a days there are lots of tools are available for detecting a ship more than 500 km away and also guide the missile. Please upgrade yourself. And more than that Brahmos has a terminal seeker and it's CEP is not more than 3-5 meters.

 

[Superpower Bharat]

If so, its comforting info.. but we have not heard nor seen news that we have tried testing Brahmos to hit moving targets in sea at 450km distance from Brahmos launch position & what is the success rate of hitting such moving targets ..

Brahmos anti ship version is made for to take out the moving target... And for ur information till date no missile has a 100% sucess rate... We can just prepare ourselves.

 

[Gagandeep Singh]

"neutralize hypersonic missile", joke of the day.

Hypersonic Missiles (both Ballistic & Cruise) generate something referred to as "Plasma Sheath" which causes the Hypersonic Missiles to glow like a bright star while it is traversing through its trajectory. The Infra-Red(IR) Signature of this Plasma Sheath is so strong that it is equivalent to a 1/3 rd of the IR signature of an Exo-atmospheric Rocket/Ballistic Missile Launch. Modern Infrared Sensors or Electro-Optical Sensors, like the Typhoon's Pirate IRST or the F-35's Distributed Aperture System (DAS) can Detect & Track these IR emissions from around 800 Km providing Medium/Long Range Air Defense Systems with plenty of time to acquire a Accurate Track & reliable Lock-On against the Hypersonic Missiles.

Now the Extreme speed of the Hypersonic Missiles are a Difficult challenge but Extreme speed severely limits their Maneuverability as well leaving these Hypersonic Missiles vulnerable to High-speed Interceptors with Multi-redundant Guidance Sections, like the Stunner Interceptor of David's Sling or The SM-6 Missile. PGLRSAM would be superior to them.

Modern Interceptors with Ka or Ku band AESA seekers, Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) or Laser-Optical Targeting System (LOTS) or Imaging InfraRed (IIR) seeker along with GPS based Inertial Navigation System (INS) are simply immune to Jamming. Net, shooting down of Kinzhal by PAC-3 battery shouldn't be particularly surprising. Likewise PGLRSAM can intercept SMASH..