VIDEO: Extended Footage Of India’s Shaurya Missile Launch in 2008

Just got my hands on this video clip of India’s Shaurya tactical nuclear capable missile — this is extended footage of its first test exactly two years ago on November 12, 2008. The clip that DRDO released in 2008 was very short. This adds a minute-and-a-half.

MORE: I took this cell-cam vid of the Shaurya at DefExpo earlier this year.

15 thoughts on “VIDEO: Extended Footage Of India’s Shaurya Missile Launch in 2008”

  1. i wonder while we hear of numerous tests of the agni, prithvi, brahmos missiles.. why haven't there been more tests of this missile – tactical nuclear one at that..?

  2. Nice sonic boom at 1.04-1.06. For god's sake test this and have it ready for abdul and general tso chicken. Both need it like a bad colonoscopy.

  3. Shourya is a Hypersonic Boost Glide Missile with Boost glide re-entry vehicle.

    Its range is

    750 km @ 1000 kg FBF warhead

    1900 km @ 180 kg FBF warhead

    It is a beautiful tactical Hypersonic missile.

    Agni II (AT) is also a new missile with Boost glide reentry vehicle.

    The best part is both missiles cannot be intercepted. DRDO brilliant job done. US is also working some same kind of tech under a program named Prompt global strike.

  4. hi shiv,
    I need your permission to download this video and add some introduction regarding range and payload and re upload on my youtube site. Is it ok with you?

  5. To Shubham & Rajat: The Shaurya is indeed being further developed by the DRDO as a fully cannistered road-mobile n-tipped tactical ballistic missile, which will confer it with unique advantages of the type not possible at the moment with either the Prithvi SSBM battlefield support missile or the Agni-1. BROADSWORD had last year mentioned that work is already in progress on developing a family of cannistered (like that of the BrahMos MRCM) n-tipped ballistic missiles.

  6. Hmmm… I think the Russian Bulava program must have taken few tips from this Shourya video in order to obtain recent successes. Lol…

  7. So Shaurya is a cruise missile with a ramjet as its 2nd stage engine? At least such configuration is visible in this DRDO clip. Apparently Shaurya is a BrahMos derivative. Unless someone has confused videos. ;]

  8. Prasun K. Sengupta @ 3:28 PM

    Shaurya seems extremely similar to the Russian Iskander. Wonder if it is a lift! or one of those clandestine ventures. What's your take?

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