Indian Missile News And Discussion

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[quote name='Arun_S' date='20 November 2010 - 11:05 PM' timestamp='1290315438' post='109338']

I have scans of the magazine pages but found a reference on the web so just linking them for you.



Article has some very useful insights as well some disinformation.



Overall a very good article.

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1. Clearly, 10m length 1.3 m dia seems to small for 20 ton mass (unless there is a very dense propellant).



2. The Jan. test seems to have been more a popup test launching a dummy of similar size, mass etc rather than a test of the missile itself. Correct ?

Difficult to test a 3000 km range missile in secret unless you do it overland.



3. Given that 8 tests of K-15 were completed in 2004-2008, isnt 2010-2017 too long for 8 tests of K-4 ?



4. Also, BK refers to 6000km+ slbm with A-V class range-payload parameters appearing in 2015. So, K-4 must be ready before that, right ? Or is 2017 for the "5000 km" follow-on to the K-4 ?



5. V. K. Saraswat has mentioned canisterize A-II class missile. Probably the land-launched analog of the K-4 is the one. Couls this be the advanced A-II that is soon expected to appear, with the original A-IIAT in cold storage ?