08-10-2010, 08:14 PM
[quote name='Arun_S' date='10 August 2010 - 10:39 AM' timestamp='1281465087' post='107841']
IMHO an even better name would be ASBCM (Ballistic & Cruise).
Clearly except some ICBM's all BM follow sub-orbital ballistic trajectory.
This is a very important observation, one that needs widest dissemination.
Hypersonic cruise rocketry is one of the few Indian forte that other countries do not have.
To cover for weakness in nuclear weapons (thanks to [color="#9932cc"]chappal pooj'ya[/color] [color="#4169e1"]R Chidambram[/color] and his cronies), and doctrine of possesing handful of missile (thanks to [color="#4169e1"]Sewadar Singh's[/color] doctrine of "Minimum Credible Deterrence" instead of "Credible Minimum Deterrence"), India should thus play its strength in hypersonic cruise to field all missiles with Ballistic Glide RV's (BGRV's). BGRV's are not only hardest to detect and counter, but also provide 1,000 to 4,000 Km additional range (something that skinny Indian missiles with short legs can immensely benefit, given they have to carry a low performance high density and heavy N payload (thanks to RC).
Shourya/Sagarika can clearly be used in all 3 modes:
The the last 2 modes it will serve well to have the an independent BGRV at its tip that separates from the the last stage (that serves as reservoir of kinetic energy during the Hypersonic cruise phase) when the missile arrives with in 200 km of target area.
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Frankly Arun, the Shaurya is one concept that has a multitude of extensions. I'm really happy that the Indians have been among the first to develop this missile. My concern is that it will not be deployed in cannister form in sufficient numbers. IMHO, one way to look at the A-2 RV and the one proposed above for the Shaurya is that it (the RV) will fulfill/validate certain flight regimes of the proposed Avatar.
IMHO an even better name would be ASBCM (Ballistic & Cruise).
Clearly except some ICBM's all BM follow sub-orbital ballistic trajectory.
This is a very important observation, one that needs widest dissemination.
Hypersonic cruise rocketry is one of the few Indian forte that other countries do not have.
To cover for weakness in nuclear weapons (thanks to [color="#9932cc"]chappal pooj'ya[/color] [color="#4169e1"]R Chidambram[/color] and his cronies), and doctrine of possesing handful of missile (thanks to [color="#4169e1"]Sewadar Singh's[/color] doctrine of "Minimum Credible Deterrence" instead of "Credible Minimum Deterrence"), India should thus play its strength in hypersonic cruise to field all missiles with Ballistic Glide RV's (BGRV's). BGRV's are not only hardest to detect and counter, but also provide 1,000 to 4,000 Km additional range (something that skinny Indian missiles with short legs can immensely benefit, given they have to carry a low performance high density and heavy N payload (thanks to RC).
Shourya/Sagarika can clearly be used in all 3 modes:
- As pure BM its range for 500 kg payload : 1,200 Km
- As pure Hypersonic Cruise missile for 1000 Kg payload: ~ 700 km
- Full range (compound) Ballistic and Hypersonic Cruise missile for 500 Kg payload: : ~ 2,000 Km.
The the last 2 modes it will serve well to have the an independent BGRV at its tip that separates from the the last stage (that serves as reservoir of kinetic energy during the Hypersonic cruise phase) when the missile arrives with in 200 km of target area.
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Frankly Arun, the Shaurya is one concept that has a multitude of extensions. I'm really happy that the Indians have been among the first to develop this missile. My concern is that it will not be deployed in cannister form in sufficient numbers. IMHO, one way to look at the A-2 RV and the one proposed above for the Shaurya is that it (the RV) will fulfill/validate certain flight regimes of the proposed Avatar.