Indian Missile News And Discussion

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Arunji,



1. By payload do you mean RV mass or RV mass+pen aids mass +guidance system mass ? The latter is called throw weight.



2. DRDO newsletter, May 2010 talks of a new solid propellant plant at Nasik for motors upto 1.5m dia. VK Saraswat recently spoke of a project of canisterized A-II variant. Could the new A-II be a new canistarized missile of 1.5m dia, shorter length but same performance of A-IIAT ?



3. Why A-IIAT when A-III is a more capable missile ready for induction ? Readying up A-IIAT (three tests for IOC) takes at least 2 more yrs. They shld focus on A-III induct it and do 2 user trials quickly by the end of the yr....What say ?



4. From what I hear, one should not call S-1 "RC's dud". RC, from what I hear, is a crystallographer who has nothing to do with actual work in the weapons field. He however jumped into this bandwagon to geta Bharat Ratna for himself. Needless to say, it is RC who is mainly responsible for the cover up of the incompleteness of S-1. All this is, however what I hear and nothing more.