07-19-2011, 08:19 PM
[quote name='Arun_S' date='10 July 2011 - 12:53 PM' timestamp='1310330720' post='112153']
Finally a true short range battlefield missile, solid fueled, inexpensive, small (compensated by its hi accuracy) and affordable cost missile. Something that Prithvi-1 never was and at best a stop gap measure that did its job last 20 years, and served as stepping stone to hypersonic glide missile Shourya and Sagarika missile.
to achieve low cost yet high accuracy, I think it will use inexpensive flight control system (low cost gryo based) in tandem with RF/optical navigation system to correct errors.
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Arun, the ring laser gyro developed for the A-3, and its advancements for other delivery vehicles, are very sophisticated pieces of work which can match the best developed anywhere. They aren't some "el cheapo" like those on the NoKo or Pakistani delivery vehicles. I don't recall the sources that led me to this assertion, but they were sufficiently credible for me to remember the gist and state that herein. Of course, if you're talking solely about the Prithvi, which I believe you are, it will indeed use a low cost guidance system.
Finally a true short range battlefield missile, solid fueled, inexpensive, small (compensated by its hi accuracy) and affordable cost missile. Something that Prithvi-1 never was and at best a stop gap measure that did its job last 20 years, and served as stepping stone to hypersonic glide missile Shourya and Sagarika missile.
to achieve low cost yet high accuracy, I think it will use inexpensive flight control system (low cost gryo based) in tandem with RF/optical navigation system to correct errors.
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Arun, the ring laser gyro developed for the A-3, and its advancements for other delivery vehicles, are very sophisticated pieces of work which can match the best developed anywhere. They aren't some "el cheapo" like those on the NoKo or Pakistani delivery vehicles. I don't recall the sources that led me to this assertion, but they were sufficiently credible for me to remember the gist and state that herein. Of course, if you're talking solely about the Prithvi, which I believe you are, it will indeed use a low cost guidance system.