Indian Missile News And Discussion

[osman]

On a different note compared to the minuteman and other missiles our missiles weigh a lot. Is it due to the solid propellants being different from those used by the Russian and American missiles? (Minuteman has a weight of 35 tonnes as opposed our 50 or 55 tonnes depending on long or short tons.) Or is it just the payload which determines our choice of missiles?



Also our apogee is shown as 600 km whereas the other missiles like minuteman reach 1200km before dropping down. Is this a self imposed limitation? The atmosphere above 600 km is sparse and would likely be dealt with by a bigger missile.