Indian Missile News And Discussion

[osman]

[quote name='Arun_S' date='28 June 2013 - 08:20 AM' timestamp='1372387343' post='116702']

First Indian RV's never fly at a speed determined by terminal velocity (its a sitting duck for even simple ABM systems). So any projection/estimation using that approach is incorrect.



I earlier just put some calcuation (quoted below) based on the assumptions that the RV flew a ballistic trajectory.







However A1 RV are known to be maneuvering kind (MaRV), and they can fly level (or sloped / gliding) where their vertical decent speed can be vastly slower compared to decend rate for a ballistic re-entry. Thus it is impossible to estimate HOB with that one video (too little information). The only conclusion that can be made with certainty was the RV sparked very very close to the boxed space and the camera was stationary and looking at a tiney space (defined by the kill box),, meaning the RV showed up where it was expected (aimed at).

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We seem to test a lot of Agni I and II's these days. Maybe they are just using the old stuff to train and replace them with the new goodies? Most of these tests are just missiles randomly picked up from our stockpile. Our war games in the past also use this strategy and we use live ammunition close to their end of life.