Indian Missile News And Discussion

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Arun Thanks , Regarding Dhanush its anti-ship capability is what i believe is secondary and good to have capability .



Finding a moving target like ships is a real challenge and discriminating a Carrier/Destroyer amongst the fleet is another challenge , Dhanush is again a large single stage missile making it a large target and its slow terminal speed and high altitude flight can make it vulnerable to missile like Shtil-1,Aster ,SM-2/3



Finally the sticking point for Dhanush is the limited amount of platform that can carry then , Currently IN AOPV is being used as a platform to test and most likely they will remain the only platform that will carry it ( probably in the single helicopter hanger ) , it being a liquid fuel missile carrying it on other naval capital platform is a risk IN will not likely take.



So we will not see Dhanush deployed in meaningful number and platforms , this seems to be a stop gap measure perhaps will also serve as a sea mobile BM Target for future ABM testing , The Sagarika/K-15 on the other hand is more robust and capable system and its deployment on Sea Based Platform besides ATV is something we must think about.