Talking about the test conducted On, April 27 2021, the integration of 5th generation Python-5 Air-to-Air Missile (AAM) has been test fired at Goa.
Trials were aimed to validate enhanced capability of already integrated Derby Beyond Visual Range (BVR) AAM on Tejas.
The test firing at Goa completed a series of missile trials to validate its performance under extremely challenging scenarios.
Derby missile achieved direct hit on a high-speed maneuvering aerial target and the the Python missiles also achieved 100% hits,
thereby validating their complete capability. The trials met all their planned objectives.
The missiles were fired from Tejas aircraft of Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) flown by Indian Air Force (IAF) Test pilots belonging to National Flight Test Centre (NFTC).
If we further analyze these tests carefully, it is talking about the test of two missiles Python-5 and Derby.
The Rafael Python & Derby are the family of air-to-air missiles (AAMs) built by the Israeli weapons manufacturer Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.
Please do not confuse it with Rafael company with Rafale fighter jets as they sound pretty same.
The Python-5 is the most accurate and reliable AAM of the Israeli Air Force and one of the most sophisticated guided missiles in the world.
As a beyond-visual-range missile, it is capable of "lock-on after launch" (LOAL).
The Python-5 is said to have full sphere launch ability or is an all-aspect missile, meaning it can be launched at a target regardless of the target's location
relative to the direction of the launching aircraft. It can lock onto targets after launch, even when they are up to 100 degrees off the boresight of the launching aircraft.
The missile features an advanced seeker which includes an electro-optical and image infrared homing seeker which scans the target area for hostile aircraft,
then locks-on for terminal chase. With a total of eighteen control surfaces and careful design, the resulting missile is supposed to be as maneuverable
as any other air-to-air missiles with thrust vectoring nozzles. The first operational kill by Python-5 was in August 2006 during the Lebanon War.
The missile was fired from an F-16 Fighting Falcon and destroyed an Iranian-made Ababil-T UAV launched by the Hezbollah.
In October 2012, a Python missile launched from an F-16I fighter of the Israeli Air Force successfully intercepted an Iranian-made unmanned
aerial vehicle intruding into Israeli air space.
Talking about its specs:
Weight: 105 kg
Guidance: IR + electro-optical imaging
Warhead: 11Kg
Range : 20KMs
Speed Mach 4
Talking about the Derby missile, it is a BVR, medium-range (~50 km) active radar homing missile.
Though technically not part of the "Python" family, the missile is an enlarged version of the Python-4 with an active-radar seeker.
Talking about its specs:
Weight: 118 kg
Guidance: Active Radar
Warhead: 23 kg
Range: 50 km
Speed: Mach 4
Derby missile also has an extended Range version called I-Derby-ER with increased range upto 100 km.
To achieve greater range, a dual-pulse solid rocket motor was added, where the secondary pulse of energy as the missile nears the target extends flight time.
The test of the Derby missile conducted by the Tejas seems to be I-Derby-ER missile.
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