India successfully developed alloys for missiles

Indian scientists have successfully developed a special alloy with a major component of titanium that significantly reduces the cost of manufacturing the missile.

Dr. VK Saraswwat, scientific adviser to the Defense Minister of India, said the DMRL and Misr Dhathu Nigam Ltd (MIDHANI), the leading research and metals firm India, has developed a super-tough, super-hard alloy called DMR 1700 that can be widely used in aerospace and defense.

The DMR 1700 steel is the result of many years of research by Indian scientists, and will reduce the cost of manufacturing of missiles by more than two-thirds over current costs.

In addition to high durability, the steel alloy DMR 1700 also has the effect of corrosion resistance metal, so it can be used to build ship hull.

The DMR has transferred the DMR 1700 alloy technology to steel and metal mills in Kerala so that the plant can produce about 500 tons of alloys annually for use in space and defense.

With the new alloy, India will no longer be dependent on the import of special titanium alloys. Only four countries in the world - the United States, Russia, Japan and Kyrgyzstan - have so far know-how.