11-30-2006, 05:39 PM
L Srini, any basic research by the pioneer would have shown that a number of their claims are wrong but sensationalism irresponsible journalism in India sells and to the common man is readily accepted without crossreferencing. It would be worth for DRDO to set up a public relations bureau where they could take every named reporter to task and create a huge loss of face for these buggers.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Apart from the Prithvi series, and to an extent Agni, none of the other vaunted missile programmes - whether they be Akash surface-to-air (long range), Nag anti-tank, or even Trishul surface-to-air (short range) - have, in a manner of speaking, left the drawing boards. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Left the drawing boards? Akash and Nag are set to begin user trials early next year! They incorporte state of the are technologies with the scramjet in the Akasha and its whole mobile setup with the rajendra phased arrays. Indeed Akash is set to have a limited ABM capability as well which would work well with our recently tested ABM. Parts of the Akash system like the rajendra radar and its offspring the WLR for the army are already in production.
Nag like wise is a 4th generation top attack missile that is cleared for production with its IR seeker a little over a year ago. Its mmr seeker is in all probability to undergo user trials from next year. Weaponsiation of the dhruv is underway for which Nag is essential.
And if recent statements are anything to go by the trishul is being offered to the air force as a supplement to akash. Only the navy decided to go with Barak for time constraints and logistics.
Govt denies winding up Trishul missile project
With regard to the Prithvi's and Agni's maybe he forgets about who would have actually offered us rights to manufacture SRBM's and IRBM's. The industry needed to manufacture these stratgic missile defences had to be built up and the research time and money invested. Corrosive fuel? Does he mean liquid based....all rocket fuel is corrosive and volatile to an extent and DRDO has still managed to make multiple versions of each. With Prithvi 1 + 2 powered by liquid fuel and prithvi 3 powered by solid. The CEP for both prithvi's and agni's fall well within the army's acceptable limits and are constantly being improved upon.
for further reading :
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/MISSILES/Armoury.html
Im not sure why he chooses again to lamblast several DRDO project which are still in testing and yet forgets to mentions the overall success that numerous spin offs have resulted from as such and provided the Indian arms industry to manufacture several components for overall fleet upgrades.
Notably LCA : Project vetrivale for the MKI, Fleet wise upgrades of Mig 27, Mig 29.
EW gear, and the HJT 36. Notably the 1st 8 LSP should join by end next year or earlier.
Ajun Tank : Again FCS and armor. Upgrades to the T 72 fleet. The gun itself is being mated to the T 72's called Tank EX.
Other DRDO successes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drdo
Sadly its easier to sit in front of the computer and type a whole bunch of lies for sensationalism and with not even minor repurcussions, they are free to continue and lamblast all they want. The only way is for DRDO to take reporters and news agencies exposing their glaring inefficiencies on a personnel level so they won't be able to type c*ap for fear of losing face.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Apart from the Prithvi series, and to an extent Agni, none of the other vaunted missile programmes - whether they be Akash surface-to-air (long range), Nag anti-tank, or even Trishul surface-to-air (short range) - have, in a manner of speaking, left the drawing boards. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Left the drawing boards? Akash and Nag are set to begin user trials early next year! They incorporte state of the are technologies with the scramjet in the Akasha and its whole mobile setup with the rajendra phased arrays. Indeed Akash is set to have a limited ABM capability as well which would work well with our recently tested ABM. Parts of the Akash system like the rajendra radar and its offspring the WLR for the army are already in production.
Nag like wise is a 4th generation top attack missile that is cleared for production with its IR seeker a little over a year ago. Its mmr seeker is in all probability to undergo user trials from next year. Weaponsiation of the dhruv is underway for which Nag is essential.
And if recent statements are anything to go by the trishul is being offered to the air force as a supplement to akash. Only the navy decided to go with Barak for time constraints and logistics.
Govt denies winding up Trishul missile project
With regard to the Prithvi's and Agni's maybe he forgets about who would have actually offered us rights to manufacture SRBM's and IRBM's. The industry needed to manufacture these stratgic missile defences had to be built up and the research time and money invested. Corrosive fuel? Does he mean liquid based....all rocket fuel is corrosive and volatile to an extent and DRDO has still managed to make multiple versions of each. With Prithvi 1 + 2 powered by liquid fuel and prithvi 3 powered by solid. The CEP for both prithvi's and agni's fall well within the army's acceptable limits and are constantly being improved upon.
for further reading :
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/MISSILES/Armoury.html
Im not sure why he chooses again to lamblast several DRDO project which are still in testing and yet forgets to mentions the overall success that numerous spin offs have resulted from as such and provided the Indian arms industry to manufacture several components for overall fleet upgrades.
Notably LCA : Project vetrivale for the MKI, Fleet wise upgrades of Mig 27, Mig 29.
EW gear, and the HJT 36. Notably the 1st 8 LSP should join by end next year or earlier.
Ajun Tank : Again FCS and armor. Upgrades to the T 72 fleet. The gun itself is being mated to the T 72's called Tank EX.
Other DRDO successes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drdo
Sadly its easier to sit in front of the computer and type a whole bunch of lies for sensationalism and with not even minor repurcussions, they are free to continue and lamblast all they want. The only way is for DRDO to take reporters and news agencies exposing their glaring inefficiencies on a personnel level so they won't be able to type c*ap for fear of losing face.