05-19-2010, 09:00 AM
How is course change different (divorced) from robustness against ABM? ; which is first predicated on not being able to predict before hand where is the vehicle going to actually land, and secondly trying to intercept a RV that is gliding in upper atmosphere is in addition as difficult to engage compared to a maneuvering RV, but whereby the reaction time to ABM is always lesser than a ballistic trajectory but maneuvering RV.
BTW fins are not the only way to make the RV glide. So unless a potential challenger can detect Agni-1 RV maneuvering during a test launch it will not know how to deal with Agni-1, except to assume the worst I.e. it has a maneuvering/gliding RV.
BTW fins are not the only way to make the RV glide. So unless a potential challenger can detect Agni-1 RV maneuvering during a test launch it will not know how to deal with Agni-1, except to assume the worst I.e. it has a maneuvering/gliding RV.