Indian Missile News And Discussion

[ramana]

1) In the VKS interview:

You have also been quoted as saying that we don’t need to build and store missiles as we have the capability to convert two weapon systems at short notice. The question is, a certain number of missiles will always need to be made and stored as, after all, how short is the short notice. Would you agree with this?



This statement was made to the media in the context of the Agni missile. You will appreciate that the Agni class of system is not a tactical missile. When you talk of strategic missiles and you don’t have a threat today for these class of weapon system, and I was saying this in the context of an ICBM then there is no need to make and store these weapons.

What he is saying is he can build at short notice that class of vehicles for which there isnt a current need.



2)Chandragupta the idea is to launch quick reaction sats to provide coverage and not for normal sat launches which are in long life orbits.



3) Converting a missile to a sat launch is very energy intensive. You will be surprised how quickly the sat weight drops vs throw weight. The reason is orbital injection velocity is > 7km/sec and missile throw weight velocity is less.



4) A "non-test" test of missile capability is to demonstrate its sat launch capability to 400km orbit. It sends the signals witout alarming people.