Nag (Hindi for "cobra") is India's third generation "fire and forget" anti-tank missile. It is an all weather, top attack missile with a range of 4 to 6 km.
The missile uses a 8 kg tandem HEAT warhead capable of defeating modern armour including ERA (Explosive Reactive Armour) & composite armour. Nag uses Imaging Infra-Red (IIR) guidance with day and night capability. Mode of launch for the IIR seeker is LOBL (Lock On Before Launch). Nag can be mounted on an infantry vehicle, a helicopter launched version is will also be available with integration work being carried out with the HAL Dhruv.
Separate versions for the Army and the Air Force are being developed. For the Army, the missiles will be carried by specialist carrier vehicles (NAMICA) equipped with a thermal imager for target acquisition. NAMICA is a modified BMP-2 ICV licence produced as "Sarath" in India. The carriers are capable of carrying four ready-to-fire missiles in the elevatable observation/launch platform with more missiles available for reload within the carrier. For the Air Force, a nose-mounted thermal imaging system has been developed for guiding the missile's trajectory. The missile has a complete fiberglass structure and weighs around 42 kg.
As per reports Nag was successfully test fired for the 45th time on March 19, 2005 from the Test Range at Ahmednagar (Maharastra), signalling the completion of the developmental phase. It will now enter production phase, subject to user trials & acceptance by the Indian Army.
Further versions of the missile may make use of an all weather MMW seeker as an additional option.
Specifications
At User Trials
Total length: 1.90 Mt (6.23 ft)
Diameter: 190 mm (7.48 in)
Wingspan: -
Weight: 42 Kg (92.6 lbs)
Warhead Weight: 8 Kg (17.6 lbs)
Propellant: Tandem Propulsion solid (Nitramine based smokeless extruded double band sustainer propellant)
Maximum effective range: 6 km (Guidance mode : IIR (Imaging infra-red))
Attack Mode: Lock-on-before-Launch - Top attack
Seeker: IIR cadmium zinc telluride
Single-shot hit probability: ___?
CEP: 0.9 Mt R.S
