Indian Missile News And Discussion

[Arun_S]

Google for DMR-1700 steel and one will find good stuff.

In particular this one is very informative.



http://www.iitk.ac.in/infocell/announce/...kondia.pdf



Stronger than Maraging 250, and one third the cost.



[url="http://www.iitk.ac.in/infocell/announce/metallo/talk/malkondia.pdf"]DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIALITY LOW ALLOY STEELS[/url]

G. Malakondaiah

Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory

Hyderabad – 500 058



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SUMMARY

• The new ultrahigh strength low-alloy steel DMR-1700,

developed at DMRL and productionised at Midhani,

possesses strength-toughness properties quite comparable to

the high-alloy 18Ni(250) maraging steel and thereby promises

to be an inexpensive substitute for [color="#8B0000"]maraging steel for booster

motor casings.[/color][/size]



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• Continuous Casting + Controlled Rolling technology has been

developed to make the low carbon steels cost effective.[/size]



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• Vanadium in the absence of Ti yields better precipitation

strengthening response in the normalized condition.

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[ramana]

Read more. There is a lot more than all that.

[Arun_S]

[url="http://www.samachar.com/User-trial-of-BrahMos-BlockIII-missile-successful-limpKbifbgi.html"]User trial of BrahMos Block-III missile successful[/url]

2011-08-14 05:30:00





Pokhran: The Army today successfully conducted the user trial of BrahMos Block-III supersonic cruise missiles that has the ability to engage inaccessible targets inside hillocks.



The test was carried out at a firing range here around 1100 hours and met all the mission parameters, sources said.



The Block III version has the capability of scaling mountainous terrain and can take a steep dive to engage targets located inside hillocks which are otherwise inaccessible.



This was the 25th test of the cruise missile which has already been inducted in the Army and Navy.Army has plans to induct the missile for mountain warfare.



The missile has the capability to engage ground targets from a very low altitude with minimum radar signature and is considered best for surgical operations.



Considered one of the fastest cruise missiles in the world, BrahMos can gain a speed of Mach 2.8. It has a two-stage propulsion system, with a solid-propellant rocket for initial acceleration and a liquid-fueled ramjet responsible for sustained supersonic cruise.



Jointly developed by India and Russia, BrahMos is a stealth supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land.



The submarine and air launch version of the missile are under different stages of development and are scheduled for test-firing in next couple of years.



The fire-and-forget missiles are stored, transported and launched from special mobile launchers and can be launched in both vertical and horizontal modes.

[sumishi]

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[url="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2465522.ece"]BrahMos airborne launcher prototype undergoing tests[/url] : The Hindu, September 18, 2011



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Its first flight test on a Su-30 MKI aircraft likely by end of 2012







[/size] [size="3"]The BrahMos Aerospace Thiruvananthapuram Limited (BATL) has been contracted to build five prototype airborne launchers of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile with its first flight test on a Su-30 MKI aircraft slated to take place by the end of 2012. [/size]



[size="3"]Designed by BrahMos engineers and approved by the Sukhoi Design Bureau, original makers of Sukhoi, the launcher was indigenously developed by BATL, A. Sivathanu Pillai, Chief Executive Officer of Indo-Russian BrahMos Aerospace, told The Hindu over telephone. [/size]



[size="3"]Fabricated using high strength aluminium, the 6-metre-long airborne launcher — the largest in the world — weighs 350 kg. [/size]



[size="3"]“The first prototype is undergoing various tests in Hyderabad. Four more prototypes will be fabricated at BATL with tests conducted in a staggered fashion,” Mr. Pillai said.[/size]



[size="3"]Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), in the meantime, has begun to make necessary modifications to the Sukhoi undercarriage to take on the launcher from which the missile, with a take-off mass of 2,500 kg, would be gravity-dropped. [/size]



[size="3"]Once the structural tests of the launcher are over, its mechanism of release would be tested from a static platform using a dummy missile. The launcher would then be integrated onto the reinforced Sukhoi airframe to repeat the test. The electrical interface between the aircraft and the launcher would also be checked using a technology missile with the operation of release carried out from the cockpit. At the end of it, actual air launches of BrahMos — firing of the missile booster from a Sukhoi — would be conducted using the last airborne launcher prototype.[/size]



[size="3"]Concurrently, test-firing of BrahMos from a submerged pontoon off Visakhapatnam is also on the cards. [/size]



[size="3"]“This should happen during the current season in the window between November this year and March next,” said Mr. Pillai. Once proven, the submarine version of the missile is tipped to arm the Navy's next line of P75-I submarines. [/size]



[size="3"]Soon after the joint venture celebrated the 10 year of the missile's successful supersonic flight, an agreement was signed in Russia in August to grant $1 million each to the Moscow Aviation Institute and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore for joint research on development of a hypersonic version of the missile.[/size]

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[Arun_S]

[url="http://www.samachar.com/India-testfires-Ncapable-Shourya-missile-ljysJTbajhd.html"]India test-fires N-capable 'Shourya' missile[/url]

[url="http://www.ndtv.com/search?q=Indo-Asian+News+Service"]Indo-Asian News Service[/url], Updated: September 24, 2011 18:15 IST

Bhubaneswar: India today successfully test-fired its surface-to-surface ballistic missile 'Shourya' from a test range in Orissa, defence ministry sources said.



The 600-km-range supersonic missile was launched at 2.30 p.m. from a canister in a ground launch mode at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in the coastal district of Balasore, about 230 km from Bhubaneswar.



"The launch of the missile was perfect like in text book and followed the path exactly to the pre-defined target in the Bay of Bengal," S.P. Dash, director of the test range, told IANS.



"All the radar stations, telemetry stations and electro-optical stations all along the east coast have tracked and monitored all the mission parameters. Ships located near the target have also tracked and witnessed the final event. The missile has reached the target within few metres of accuracy," he added.



The missile, which is meant to give the Indian Army a credible second-strike capability, was first tested from the same defence base Nov 12, 2008.



The developmental flight trial of the missile system is a part of the ongoing technology development work undertaken by the country's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).



The missile has a unique feature of simplicity of operation and maintenance. It can be easily handled, transported and stored within the canister for longer shelf life.



The high maneuverability of the missile makes it less vulnerable to available anti-missile defence systems, sources said.



Read more at: [url="http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/india-test-fires-n-capable-shourya-missile-135993&cp"]http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/india-test-fires-n-capable-shourya-missile-135993&cp[/url]

[Arun_S]

Full range test for non-ballistic profile is a must, unlike ballistic test that need corner point validation.



Contrast it with DAE/Chidumbram's single fizzle test fusion BS.





[url="http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/article2482010.ece"]Shourya missile launch successful[/url]

September 24, 2011 16:36 IST | Updated: September 24, 2011 16:53 IST

• T.S. Subramanian

• Y. Mallikarjun

India’s hypersonic missile, Shourya, was successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Orissa, on Saturday, in its final configuration. The missile flew at 7.5 Mach, that is, 7.5 times the speed of sound and covered its full range of 700 km in 500 seconds.



This was the third successful launch of Shourya, a surface-to-surface missile and it paves the way for its production and induction into the Navy. It can carry both nuclear and conventional warheads. Shourya is the land-variant of the K-15 underwater missile that is being fitted into India’s nuclear-powered submarine, Arihant. So Shourya can be used by both the Navy and the Army. It can carry both nuclear and conventional warheads.



The missile rose from a canister fixed on the ground “on the dot” at 2.30 p.m., climbed to an altitude of 40 km and traversed 700 km at 7.5 times the speed of sound.



It performed a terminable manoeuvre and closed in on the pre-designated impact point in the Bay of Bengal with a high degree of accuracy. The missile was designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).



Avinash Chander, Chief Controller (Missiles and Strategic Systems), DRDO, said “the flight went off absolutely perfectly” and it met all the mission objectives. The radars located at the ITR, Chandipur and at Damra, also in Orissa, electro-optical and telemetry systems and two ships located near the impact point tracked the missile’s entire flight. They reported on “the excellent performance” of the missile.



“It gave us full confidence for the production of this class of systems. The launch was to certify the production process and offer the missile for further production,” he said.



Asked what was the altitude at which Shourya flew, Mr. Chander said it “was an entirely atmospheric flight” at a height of 40 km.



V.G. Sekaran, Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), Hyderabad, called it “a good flight” and he was confident that the production of Shourya would go on as per plan because the missile this time was picked up from the production lot. “We achieved the full range for the ground launch configuration,” he said.



The ASL had developed the rocket motors for the two-stage missile and built the canister from which it took off, Dr. Sekaran said. Both the stages use solid propellants. The missile is 10 metres long, 74 cm in diameter and weighs 6.2 tonnes.



It was ejected from the canister fixed on the ground, by means of a gas generator developed by the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, Pune and the ASL, both DRDO laboratories.

[ramana]

Note the ref to second strike capability for Indian Army. No ambiguity of the payload there.



Also the full range flight all of it in atmosphere of 40Km(~120K feet) means the thermal control system works well and there is lots of separation margin as the air density and wind shears are significant in the flight profile/regime.



Also hats off to you Jan presentation which brought many of the Shourya features into light.

[Arun_S]

[quote name='ramana' date='25 September 2011 - 05:35 AM' timestamp='1316908673' post='112999']

Also hats off to you Jan presentation which brought many of the Shourya features into light.

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I should publish that in an article perhaps.

[sumishi]

[size="3"][url="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-bookreview/article2488683.ece"]Prithvi-II missile successfully soars again[/url] : The Hindu, September 27, 2011



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[/size][size="3"]Within a span of two days, India demonstrated the reliability of another surface-to-surface missile, with the successful test-firing of Prithvi-II ballistic system to its full range of 350 km on Monday.[/size]



[size="3"](Hypersonic missile Shourya was successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur on the Orissa coast on Saturday.) [/size]



[size="3"]Prithvi-II, was launched at 9 a.m. from Launch Complex-III of the ITR, Balasore in Chandipur by personnel of the Strategic Force Command (SFC) as part of a regular training exercise. After a flight of 500 seconds, it closed in on the predefined target in the Bay of Bengal with a single-digit accuracy of less than 10 metres. The flight test met all the mission objectives and it was a text-book launch. [/size]



[size="3"]A battery of radars, electro-optical systems and telemetry stations located along the coast tracked the missile throughout its flight. A naval ship located near the target witnessed the splash down.[/size]



[size="3"]The missile was picked up randomly from the production lot and the launch was monitored by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) scientists.[/size]



[size="3"]Prithvi-II, first indigenously developed strategic missile by the DRDO, was inducted into the armed forces. It was flight-tested a number of times as part of regular user trials. [/size]



[size="3"]The single-stage, liquid-propelled missile is equipped with an advanced inertial navigation, control and guidance system and can carry a payload of 500-1,000 kg to a distance of 350 km.[/size]



[size="3"]Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister V. K. Saraswat congratulated scientists and other DRDO employees and the armed forces for the successful flight test, says a press release here.

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[sumishi]

[size="3"][url="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2499781.ece?homepage=true"]Agni-II missile test-fired[/url]



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[/size] [size="3"]Marking a hat-trick of achievements in the past one week, India successfully flight-tested Intermediate range, nuclear weapons-capable Agni-II surface-to-surface missile for its full range of over 2,000 km from Balasore, Orissa on Friday. [/size]



[size="3"] The missile was fired from a rail mobile launcher by the Army’s Strategic Force Command personnel at 9.30 a.m. as part of a training exercise after it was picked up from the production lot. [/size]



[size="3"] After a 10-minute flight, the 21-metre tall Agni-II reached the pre-defined target in the Bay of Bengal with precision and accuracy, a top Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) official told The Hindu from Balasore soon after completion of the mission. [/size]



[size="3"] Two naval ships located near the target point, electro-optical and telemetry systems tracked the missile’s flight path and its final moments. [/size]



[size="3"]Agni-II has been developed by the DRDO as part of the medium and long-range surface-to-surface missiles and is one of the main weapon systems of India’s nuclear deterrence doctrine. The two-stage solid-propelled missile can carry a payload of one tonne and is equipped with an advanced navigation system and anti-ballistic defence counter measures. It has already been inducted into the Armed Forces. [/size]



[size="3"] Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister V.K. Saraswat described it a dream launch and one of the finest copy-book launches of Agni-II. All the performance parameters of the mission such as velocity, terminal phase, trajectory and destruction of the warhead went as per copybook profile. [/size]



[size="3"] Avinash Chander, Chief Controller, (Missiles and Strategic Systems), DRDO said that in the wake of two failures of Agni-II and one of Agni-II Prime earlier, a number of steps were taken to improve the quality. He said a specialist dedicated quality control agency did a good job of overcoming the control problems in the first stage. [/size]



[size="3"] V.G.Sekharan, Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL) said the main aim was to ensure that the user could launch and that was achieved. “We always knew that this was a good missile”, he said. [/size]



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[Arun_S]

September 30, 2011 16:03 IST | Updated: September 30, 2011 16:06 IST

‘[url="http://www.samachar.com/Launch-confirms-Indias-readiness-for-strategic-defence-lj4qLnachfd.html?utm_source=top25_most_read&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=samachar_homepage"]Launch confirms India’s readiness for strategic defence[/url]’

• Y. Mallikarjun

• T.S. Subramanian

The successful launch of three missiles in the past one week confirmed India’s readiness for strategic defence and that the country’s missile development and production capability have reached a high maturity level, observed V.K. Saraswat, Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister.



Talking to The Hindu soon after the launch of the nuclear weapons-capable Agni-II on Friday, he said the hat-trick of successes has proved the country’s capability to develop and produce missiles of any range and the possession of technology to meet any threat profile.



He said that Agni-II Prime surface-to-surface missile would be launched in November and the first flight test of India’s longest range strategic system Agni-V (5,000 km range) would be conducted in December. Besides, an interceptor missile test would also be held as part of the plans to put in place Ballistic Missile Defence system.



Dr. Saraswat said Agni-II’s performance on Friday was outstanding and all the performance parameters were in copy-book manner, including the terminal event and detonation of the warhead. The Circular Error Probability (CEP) was within a few metres showing that the missile’s terminal accuracy was good. The propulsion rockets too performed as per the thrust profile.



During its flight, Agni-II reached an altitude of 220 km and re-entered the atmosphere as the re-entry vehicle withstood temperatures of more than 3,000 deg.C and the accuracy of thermal and aerodynamic loads was proved.

[Arun_S]

[url="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2499781.ece"]Agni-II soars in success[/url]

September 30, 2011 10:11 IST | Updated: September 30, 2011 23:23 IST

• T.S. Subramanian Y. Mallikarjun

The missile, which can carry a one-tonne nuclear warhead, performed a manoeuvre as it plunged into the atmosphere amidst a searing temperature of 3,000 degrees' Celsius. The two-stages of the surface-to-surface missile worked with precision. . The Strategic Forces Command (SFC) of the armed forces, which handles nuclear-weapons delivery systems, conducted the launch. The missile weighs 17 tonnes and is 20 metres long



“It was a dream launch,” V.K. Saraswat, Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister, told The Hindu from the Wheeler Island, off the Orissa coast. “This kind of launch takes place only once in a while,” he said.



The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) designed and developed Agni-II. It calls the missile “the pride of India's strategic arsenal.”



This was the third successful missile launch in seven days for the DRDO. The Agni-II triumph caps the successful missions of Shourya and Prithvi-II from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, Orissa, on September 24 and 26.



Friday's success has boosted the confidence of the DRDO missile technologists in the Agni system because two earlier flights of Agni-II and another of Agni-II Prime had failed. The failures were attributed to problems in the control system in the missiles' first stage.



All the milestones in the Agni-II mission such as the lift-off, the vehicle gaining velocity, the flight's terminal events, the trajectory profile and the detonation of the warhead [chemical explosives in this case] took place in a copybook fashion, said Dr. Saraswat, who himself is a missile technologist.



The missile's control systems, global positioning system and advanced navigation system,[size="3"][color="#000000"] guided by a novel scheme of earth command and control system[/color][/size], performed with precision, guiding the missile to the impact point in the sea. “Our ground systems, the rail-mobile launcher, the Launch Control Centre and the computerised control software worked beautifully,” the DRDO Director-General said.



In Dr. Saraswat's assessment, the three missile triumphs in seven days were “milestones” in the history of the DRDO's missile programme. They demonstrated its capability to develop missiles of various ranges and its possession of technology to meet any threat profile.



“These three outstanding successes” were a sign of India's maturity in missile technology. Prithvi-II had become “a workhorse”, with its being flight-tested about 70 times. Agni-II was also a robust missile, he added.



Avinash Chander, Chief Controller (Missiles and Strategic Systems), DRDO, said the control-related problem that led to the earlier failures were overcome by taking a number of steps focussing on quality. A specialist, dedicated agency went into quality at every stage.



“We took a number of steps to streamline the quality process and everything was checked,” he said. Agni-II's re-entry worked perfectly. Mr. Chander called it “a manoeuvring re-entry vehicle.”



V.G. Sekaran, Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL) in Hyderabad, who described it as a text-book launch, appreciated the SFC launching the missile on its own. The ASL, a DRDO missile facility, developed Agni-II.



The users of Agni-II were happy that its control-related problem had been solved. It was a small problem. The users need not worry about its reliability and capability. “We always knew that Agni-II was a good missile,” Dr. Sekaran said.



D. Lakshminarayana, Agni-II Project Director, was in charge of the activities on the Wheeler Island, which led to the successful launch.



Those present during the launch included Air Marshal K.J. Mathews and S.P. Dash, ITR Director.

[size="3"][color="#000000"]This novel scheme of earth command and control system [/color][/size]I had pointed out when I first put my Agni article on web 7-8 years ago. All that is required is a displacement and velocity fix in space after payload has separated from rocket, and the INS will thereafter give phenomenal accuracy even for MaRV trajectory. The ground based radio aid is like an inverted GPS constellation where emitter are on set datum on earth surface and a high flying craft gets a precision fix. Possibility of spoofing is eliminated using combination of kalman filter and data fusion.



Of late teh Indian INS has come of age and coupled with terminal manuvering is a deadly accurate weapon.

[ramana]

I recall very clearly your idea of aground based radio link to update the navigation fix in the vicinity of sub-continent to achieve high accuracy.

[sumishi]

[quote name='Arun_S' date='02 October 2011 - 12:39 AM' timestamp='1317495676' post='113112']... ...

[size="3"][color="#000000"]This novel scheme of earth command and control system [/color][/size]I had pointed out when I first put my Agni article on web 7-8 years ago. ...[/quote]

[size="3"]Sirji, what is the link to that Agni article /blog / thread?

Thanks![/size]

[Arun_S]

[quote name='sumishi' date='02 October 2011 - 05:40 PM' timestamp='1317556966' post='113122']

[size="3"]Sirji, what is the link to that Agni article /blog / thread?

Thanks![/size]

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Used to be on Bharat Rakshak, but couple of years ago I pulled out all my pages that constituted BR's missile section and also space section. Have been too busy to host it somewhere else after purging all BR watermarks in my diagrams.



I some web archiving sites still have those articles.



My first article on Indian Defense Review (IDR) was also re-published on BR's SRR (Security Research Review) available [url="http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/SRR/Volume13/sanjay.html"]online[/url] {This article was largely a subset of my Agni web page on BR. Sanjay's contributing to contwnt was minor, he did some editing, and but he used his name first but that did not bother me}.

Avionics, Navigation and Control



The Agni family of missiles uses a strap-down INS system for flight control and navigation.



The Agni introduced a new concept by adopting MIL-STD-1553 databus for all on-board communication and control device interconnections (mainly INS system, Flight Control Computer, actuators and sensors).41 It is the standard that is adopted in new civilian and military aircraft (circuit routing and device mounting) and all the software in the Agni-II has been designed around this bus. DRDO sources claim that this reduces the number of connections and also making the missile more rugged. However, some missile analysts feel that a standard databus may not be the best path to follow. It is said that a customised databus is better because in a standard databus, one tends to use off-the-shelf electronic devices whose performance may not be optimal. However, most modern missiles are moving towards digital buses using commercial off-the-shelf technology, which enables affordable sub-system replacement or enhancement.



Accuracy



[color="#800080"]Agni-II navigation and aiming utilises an advanced ground based beacon system using TDOA (Time Delay Of Arrival) technique similar to GPS42 that constantly provides missile flight position and velocity update that has been proven in test flights.43 The TDOA system reportedly improved the accuracy by three times.44[/color]



India has demonstrated a measure of mastery in navigation sensors and flight control through its space programme. The placement accuracy in GTO (involving powered flight of 1,000 seconds, much of it in sub-G or gravity free environment) is a far more complicated and delicate matter45 than that of the sub-orbital trajectory of an IRBM. Thus the GSLV-D2 and GSLV-F01 GTO Apogee accuracy of 1965 PPM46,47 and 361 PPM48,49 respectively, compares with Agni-II’s 40 metres CEP at IRBM range with 13 PPM accuracy.

Of course this is also on Wikipedia's Agni page, that got much of its present content from my updating the Wiki page.



The highlighted sentence has been since then referred and incorporated in may web articles on Agni missile since then. As Googling will show.

[sumishi]

[quote name='Arun_S' date='03 October 2011 - 04:25 AM' timestamp='1317595634' post='113127']

...My first article on Indian Defense Review (IDR) was also re-published on BR's SRR (Security Research Review) available [url="http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/SRR/Volume13/sanjay.html"]online[/url] {This article was largely a subset of my Agni web page on BR. Sanjay's contributing to contwnt was minor, he did some editing, and but he used his name first but that did not bother me}. ...

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[size="3"]That one looks delicious.<img src='http://www.india-forum.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> Will peruse it in full after this post.

As for Sanjay pulling that stunt, "tch...tch" is a microcosm of my feelings about such inclinations.[/size]<img src='http://www.india-forum.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='<_<' />



[quote name='Arun_S' date='03 October 2011 - 04:25 AM' timestamp='1317595634' post='113127']

...Used to be on Bharat Rakshak, but couple of years ago I pulled out all my pages that constituted BR's missile section and also space section. Have been too busy to host it somewhere else after purging all BR watermarks in my diagrams. ...[/quote]

[size="3"]A newcomer to BRF then, I had come to know from a relative of mine who lurks that your critique of Pokhran II rubbed some BRFites the wrong way. (I am probably being a little too accommodating in the tail-end of that above statement, but do correct me if I am wrong). A very unfortunate state of affairs if it was so as I heard.



Arun ji, it will be nice if you do get the time to host 'em somewhere, in a blog perhaps, or maybe here in the member article section? That applies equally well to your other "musings" on things military/space-y which present a proper summarised analysis of official handouts and driblets.

May the force be with you.<img src='http://www.india-forum.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/size]

[Bharat_2009]

Agni-5 to fly halfway to Antarctica



http://business-standard.com/india/news/...ca/451876/



Looks like DRDO is trying hard to downplay 3 stages Agni V range to please uncle sam. Nice try. This time it is through Ajay Shukla.



Interesting point to note from the article.





"The DRDO predicts a highly accurate missile, which will strike within a few hundred metres of the designated target, even after travelling 5,000 km. This would allow the operational version of the Agni-5 to carry a smaller nuclear warhead. “Megaton warheads were used when accuracies were low. Now we talk of (accuracy of) a few hundred metres. That allows a smaller warhead, perhaps 150-250 kilotons, to cause substantial damage. We don’t want to cause wanton damage (with megaton warheads),” says Chander."

[sumishi]

[size="3"][url="http://www.dailypioneer.com/pioneer-news/todays-newspaper/11724-with-russian-help-india-to-join-icbm-big-league-soon.html"]With Russian help, India to join ICBM big league soon[/url] : The Pioneer, 08 October 2011



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[size="4"]Moscow to provide ‘seeker’ tech for Agni-V, capable of hitting target beyond 10,000 km

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India is all set to join the select group of nations capable of launching nuclear strikes across continent. With Russia ready to provide the cutting-edge “seeker” technology for India’s Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the country is ready to flaunt its nuclear might in a big way by year end when the ICBM will undergo its maiden launch.



The development of the ICBM had been delayed because no country was ready to provide India the crucial ‘seekers’ technology, which enables the missile to home in on the target with pinpoint precision. The ICBM will be capable of carrying nuclear payload and has a strike range of 10,000 km.



The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has indigenously developed the ‘seeker’ technology for Agni-I, Agni-II and Agni-III intermediate range missiles. But the DRDO was not in a position to develop the next stage technology and efforts to import it had been futile so far.



The breakthrough with Russia for the most critical system of the ICBM came after extensive talks between delegations of the two countries during Defence Minister AK Antony’s three-day visit to Moscow earlier this week. The Indian delegation comprised senior missile scientists of the DRDO besides others, and Moscow agreed to help New Delhi for the ICBM project, sources said.



The two sides met to review progress on various defence projects under the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military Technical Co-operation set up a decade back. The Defence Ministers of the two countries head this body and meet once a year either in Moscow or New Delhi.



Russia, UK, the US, France and China are the only countries in the world to have ICBMs which can hit a target beyond 10,000 km. India has successfully developed intermediate range ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons and hitting a target less than 4,000 km.



With the successful launch of the Agni-III two years back, the Indian scientists displayed their capability to even develop ICBM. However, their efforts over the last two years or so to go ahead with Angi-V launch could not progress due to non-availability of ‘seeker’ techology.



“Given discriminatory attitude against India by some advanced countries, including the US vis-à-vis sharing advanced technology over the last two decades, it was tough going for the missile project scientists till Russia agreed to come to India’s rescue,” officials said.



They said Russia was more than willing to share technical know-how with India for its missile programme and time tested defence relations between the two countries spanning more than four decades again produced positive results, sources said.



In another important development, Russia will also share its advanced GPS system for military purposes with India. The US has been reluctant to do so despite repeated assurances by Washington that it is ready to open its doors for hi-tech.



Incidentally, the other country to provide frontline technology in missiles and avionics is Israel and its sophisticated radars helped the DRDO carry out the successful test of Agni-III, sources pointed out.

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[Bharat_2009]

Russian seeker technology ??? is this article some kind of joke???

[sumishi]

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Russian seeker technology ??? is this article some kind of joke???

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Whoa! <img src='http://www.india-forum.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wacko.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':wacko:' /> You know something the pioneer-wala doesn't? [/size]