Indian Missile News And Discussion

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[quote name='qubit' date='03 March 2010 - 03:54 PM' timestamp='1267611397' post='104755']

Hon. Webmaster, I'd be grateful for any figures you could prrovide. BTW, do you think that DRDO alone has the where-with-all's to design/modify a scramjet? Given the fact that even for the present BrahMos the liquid fuelled ramjet is Russian, how do you propose that DRDO provide the hypersonic BrahMos with ranges far in excess of the MTCR limit?

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For this you should first get a firm grip on what the MTCR and its mechanism is!



MTCR is a 34 nation (signatories) export group pact, with China n Israel as (non signatory members) verbally pledging adherence to its EXPORTING guidelines.



In other words, its all about prohibition of exporting of banned material (benchmarks established) to other nations. But something which is homegrown even with the help of MTCR member under the GUISE of consultancy, then nothing doing.





In these cases a recipient country is not held responsible but a violator nation is.



And DRDO has already ground tested its hypersonic engine, so what gives ?

During the conference, VK Saraswat, the chief controller (R&D), DRDO and chairman of the Aeronautical Society of India, made a presentation on the commercial Hyper Sonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle. The ground test for HTDV scramjet propulsion system using kerosene as fuel has been conducted by DRDO scientists at a high speed material testing laboratory abroad and the results have been encouraging, he told reporters at the event.