Indian Missile News And Discussion

[Arun_S]

[quote name='sai_k' date='21 March 2010 - 07:00 PM' timestamp='1269177774' post='105323']

Arun_S, On your Agni-3-SL analysis (from your link photos), could you please let know why its weapons configuration do not carry 6 estimated MIRV payload and it has only 2?

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The number of petals carried in the flower pod depends on end user to trade off range V.s. net destructive effect AND reliability of warhead (you know that bug fixed TD design that has not been tested is of certain confidence level onlee {courtesy R Chidambaram and his BARC crew})



The line diagram drew 2 payload to show a confign that is optimized for longer end of the range (given Agni-3SL is limited on volume and thus stage fuel. 4 or 6 petals are very much possible. but pls also consider decoys that will be carried on board.



[quote name='Gagan' date='22 March 2010 - 03:27 AM' timestamp='1269208179' post='105335']

Range issues on the SL version? So that perhaps the SL version can still hit Harbin from the Bay of Bengal?

[/quote] Correct.