Indian Missile News And Discussion

[Bharat_2009]

1. It looks like land based Shourya can cover more Chinese cities (If launched from Arunachal) than K15 SLBM (from ATV based near Andaman).



Land based Shourya can cover (Distance from Arunachal)



1. Lhasa (373 km)

2. Kunming (973 km)

3. Chengdu (1093 km)

4. Guiyang (1297 km)

5. Chongqing (1299 km)

6. Xining (1300 km)

7. Lanchow (1378 km)

8. Lanzhou (1384 km)

9. Nanning (1574 km)

10. Sian (1664 km)

11. Yinchuan (1720 km)

12. Haikou (1875 km)



K15 SLBM from Andaman



1. Kunming (1873 km)



2. Lhasa (2000 km)



and couple of more Chinese cities if ATV goes up north towards Chittagong.







2. India needs Agni III SLBM to target faraway and important cities like Beijing and Shanghai !!



Distance from Andaman



Beijing (3882 km)



Shanghai (3600 km)



Hong kong (2500 km)





Agni III SLBM with 3 stages range vs payload (taken from Arun's graph Published in way to a credible deterrent article)



3000 km @ 2500 kg



4000 km @ 1800 kg (10 x 180 kg FBF (17 kilotons) or 5 x 350 kg FBF (50 kilotons) or Mixture of FBF and TN warheads)



5000 km @ 1350 kg



6000 km @ 1100 kg





Will there be Agni V SLBM or a better variant of Agni III SLBM ?