Indian Missile News And Discussion

[Arun_S]

>> So the T/S and RV section are traveling at very high speed but still in atmosphere.



1. for minimum energy trajectory, the T/S (Third Stage) does not see any atmosphere.



2. If T/S sees atmosphere it means it is indeed a BGRV.



3. What you see in the recent photo is no different from the SUM (Small Upper Motor) configuration I had shown in the Agni-3TD drawing above (the drawing in the post of 4 April above). The cylindrical SUM envisaged above fits well in the nose come when there are few MIRV sticking close to it. Just like classical MIRV nose cone package in other ICBMs. However having a conical SUM stage will indicate a long range BGRV configuration.



Jai Ho.