02-10-2010, 02:46 AM
Re-posting my earlier comment on the Akash news report.
N tipped Aksah has been consistently reported in last 8 years. One can't discount that lightly, as potential last resort weapon against high value aerial target (AWACS), CM or BM, because there is historical precedence of such SAM warheads.
[quote name='Arun_S' date='02 February 2010 - 11:40 PM' timestamp='1265133768' post='103856']
This is a huge welcome news, both fro Indian defense as well as building an economic base for indigenous development and manufacturing.
BTW notice the nuclear payload type. Clearly it will be used as last defense against ballistic missile retry-vehicle, in defense of critical building/facility. A brute force approach that was used in some early ABM systems in the world. It would be a sub-Kt yield nuclear warhead weighing ~ 50 kg.
[url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/IAF-orders-another-750-Akash-surface-to-air-missiles/articleshow/5527577.cms"]IAF orders another 750 Akash surface-[/url] to-air missiles
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N tipped Aksah has been consistently reported in last 8 years. One can't discount that lightly, as potential last resort weapon against high value aerial target (AWACS), CM or BM, because there is historical precedence of such SAM warheads.
[quote name='Arun_S' date='02 February 2010 - 11:40 PM' timestamp='1265133768' post='103856']
This is a huge welcome news, both fro Indian defense as well as building an economic base for indigenous development and manufacturing.
BTW notice the nuclear payload type. Clearly it will be used as last defense against ballistic missile retry-vehicle, in defense of critical building/facility. A brute force approach that was used in some early ABM systems in the world. It would be a sub-Kt yield nuclear warhead weighing ~ 50 kg.
[url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/IAF-orders-another-750-Akash-surface-to-air-missiles/articleshow/5527577.cms"]IAF orders another 750 Akash surface-[/url] to-air missiles
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