12-10-2010, 03:00 AM
[quote name='Bharat_2009' date='09 December 2010 - 04:35 PM' timestamp='1291892271' post='109743']
India's Multifunction Missile for Credible Deterrent
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From Arun's latest article on Shourya
"Indian nuclear powered ATV due for sea trial in 2009 will reportedly carry 12 launch tubes of 2.4m diameter. Launch tubes can be flexibly configured to either carry a two meter diameter Agni-3SL or three wooden rounds3 of 0.74m diameter K15-Sagarika missile. Shourya and Sagarika fills the short to medium range gap that is below Agni-3ââ¬â¢s minimum range"
are we looking at 12 launch tubes of 2.4 diameter each?
Does it mean, we can pack 36 K15s or 12 K4s per ATV or 24 K4s per ATV (if we are looking at 1.2m diameter for each K4 missile)? <img src='http://www.india-forum.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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An Indian hawk in Indian Geo-political policy circle had indicated 12 tubes, when discussing A3/A3SL configurations. This was way before Arihant was unveiled. Recall that the article was written couple of years ago and my meeting with the analyst was prior to that (IOW quite soem time before the fllod gate of information that came with unavailing of Arihant.
It is ambivalent if he meant 12 smaller Sagarik's (K15) or Arihant or 12 on the bigger ATV in the pipeline.
India's Multifunction Missile for Credible Deterrent
[url="http://www.indiandefencereview.com/IDR-Updates/Indias-Multifunction-Missile-for-Credible-Deterrent.html"]http://www.indiandef...-Deterrent.html[/url]
From Arun's latest article on Shourya
"Indian nuclear powered ATV due for sea trial in 2009 will reportedly carry 12 launch tubes of 2.4m diameter. Launch tubes can be flexibly configured to either carry a two meter diameter Agni-3SL or three wooden rounds3 of 0.74m diameter K15-Sagarika missile. Shourya and Sagarika fills the short to medium range gap that is below Agni-3ââ¬â¢s minimum range"
are we looking at 12 launch tubes of 2.4 diameter each?
Does it mean, we can pack 36 K15s or 12 K4s per ATV or 24 K4s per ATV (if we are looking at 1.2m diameter for each K4 missile)? <img src='http://www.india-forum.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />[/quote]
An Indian hawk in Indian Geo-political policy circle had indicated 12 tubes, when discussing A3/A3SL configurations. This was way before Arihant was unveiled. Recall that the article was written couple of years ago and my meeting with the analyst was prior to that (IOW quite soem time before the fllod gate of information that came with unavailing of Arihant.
It is ambivalent if he meant 12 smaller Sagarik's (K15) or Arihant or 12 on the bigger ATV in the pipeline.