12-11-2009, 05:30 PM
[quote name='Arun_S' date='11 December 2009 - 12:25 AM' timestamp='1260512260' post='102900']
Who said INS underperformed?
Anything could underperformed, one need to be worried and try to understand implication only when we know what (if any) underperformed. Cross the bridge when it comes.
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1. It was Hemant Rout who claimed that local INS underperformed (and development flights had videshi INS) in one of his articles. I do not know how accurate he would be in such details. You would probably know better.
2. Saraswat's statement indicates that components (plural) were poorly manufactured. So, unless ground testing facilitites to detect poor components are truly comprehensive, more than one flight being required to detect the poor components is very very plausible. Especially in not fully instrumented samples.
3. at least before these types of tests, can't there be a system of component verification that detects these flaws ? Probably component verification after dismantling one or two specimens from a production lot, if it needs to be done.
4. Whenever this sequence of failures ends, a sequence of 5-6 successful flights after that will do a lot to restore A-II credibility - the main issue is that BDL and not DRDO now produce the missile and there have been difficulties during this transition. Probably also change in scale of production is an issue. the 5-6 successful tests that will be very likely after this sequence of failures ends will be a sign of production capability having stabilized.
5. Even after that, 1-2 tests each year will have to be done on operational missiles throughout the operational life span. While this is not as thorough as Unkil, it is still acceptable. This is how it has been with Prithvis. They have had regular tests after IOC.
6. My personal feeling, however is that for TSP one must rapidly operationalize the Shourya class of missiles. So far , two tests happened, right ? I do not count pop-out tests.
7. As for PRC, it is better to focus on A-III and its successors. Right now, as far as credibility goes, A-II and A-III stand at more or less the same level. It is better to push A-III more aggresively. No A-III test this year (2009) is criminal.
8. Is A-III being inducted as some news reports indicate ?
Who said INS underperformed?
Anything could underperformed, one need to be worried and try to understand implication only when we know what (if any) underperformed. Cross the bridge when it comes.
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1. It was Hemant Rout who claimed that local INS underperformed (and development flights had videshi INS) in one of his articles. I do not know how accurate he would be in such details. You would probably know better.
2. Saraswat's statement indicates that components (plural) were poorly manufactured. So, unless ground testing facilitites to detect poor components are truly comprehensive, more than one flight being required to detect the poor components is very very plausible. Especially in not fully instrumented samples.
3. at least before these types of tests, can't there be a system of component verification that detects these flaws ? Probably component verification after dismantling one or two specimens from a production lot, if it needs to be done.
4. Whenever this sequence of failures ends, a sequence of 5-6 successful flights after that will do a lot to restore A-II credibility - the main issue is that BDL and not DRDO now produce the missile and there have been difficulties during this transition. Probably also change in scale of production is an issue. the 5-6 successful tests that will be very likely after this sequence of failures ends will be a sign of production capability having stabilized.
5. Even after that, 1-2 tests each year will have to be done on operational missiles throughout the operational life span. While this is not as thorough as Unkil, it is still acceptable. This is how it has been with Prithvis. They have had regular tests after IOC.
6. My personal feeling, however is that for TSP one must rapidly operationalize the Shourya class of missiles. So far , two tests happened, right ? I do not count pop-out tests.
7. As for PRC, it is better to focus on A-III and its successors. Right now, as far as credibility goes, A-II and A-III stand at more or less the same level. It is better to push A-III more aggresively. No A-III test this year (2009) is criminal.
8. Is A-III being inducted as some news reports indicate ?