Air-to-Air Missile (AAM)
A frame by frame capture of a Matra Magic-II AAM leaving the over-wing rail of a Jaguar IS. The over wing arrangement saves one hardpoint on each for carrying ordnance, but the resulting airflow puts strain on the tail surface.
Flt. Lt. Karumbaya fires a R-23 Apex AAM off the coast of Bombay.
Photo: Wg Cdr AP Mote
Bombs
Sqn. Ldr. Dhar drops eight thousand-pounder retarder-bombs on the practice range. The bombs are slowed down by small parachutes inorder to getaway give time to the attacker.
Photo: Wg Cdr AP Mote
A jaguar drops two BL-755 cluster bombs on a fake target during Exercise Vayu Shakti 2004 at Pokhran, Rajasthan. Each bomb contains seven compartments each having twenty one sub munitions - a total of 147 bomblets. (14 March 2004)
Prakash Singh (AFP)
Su-30MKI unloads sixteen FAB-100s in the IAF fire power display. Ex Vayu Shakti 2004.
Air-to-Surface Missile (Guided)
Indian Navy Seaking [IN528] unleashes a pair of deadly Sea Eagle AShMs.
IAF Chetak fires off a Matra Milan ATGM. Apart from the Mi-25/35s these versatile aircraft have traditionally tasked with the Anti tank role.
Cannon
Mig-21Bis [C2323] fires its internal Gsh-23 cannon. This Machine Gun fires 23 mm slugs.
Air-to-Surface Rockets
An IAF Mi-17 unleashes rockets during training in the desert. The aircraft is also equipped with a 12.7 mm machine gun.
The Mi-8/17 series is known to be extremely reliable and can withstand a lot punishment.
Photo:Peter Steinmann (Touching the Sky)
Ex Divya Astra - MiG-21 unleashes a salvo of 57 MM rockets
MiG-21M from the 17 Sqn Golden Arrows fires 57 mm rockets at the Sidhwan Khas ("SK") range of Halwara Air Base, Western Air Command. The SK Range, a dedicated air to ground range is located 30 kms west of Ludhiana in Punjab.
Sainik Samachar
MiG-21 fires a air-to-ground S-24 rocket during Ex Divya Astra.
A Mi-17 fires rockets on Pakistani positions during Op Safedsagar (Kargil 1999). The entire nation was jolted when these pictures were splashed in the front pages. One Mi-17 was shot down by shoulder fired missiles, killing all four on board.
Let this photo be a reminder of the glorious past of India's armed forces.
MiG-23BN from the No. 220 Squadron Desert Tigers fires 57 mm rockets.
