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India tested Agni II, Shourya and will be testing Agni Prime this september along with a planed test of Agni 5 in december.

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Can the Shourya be launched from an aircraft?

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I hate it that we are not developing an ICBM, Prolly not to irk the Americans. Still....

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Another distinctive feature is its ‘canisterisation’. Hermetically sealed into an airtight canister that is mounted on a flatbed truck, the missile can be easily transported and fired quickly, by hydraulically raising the canister into the vertical firing position. Made from high-strength maraging steel, the canister must absorb enormous stresses during firing, when a thrust of 300-400 tonnes is generated to eject the 50-tonne missile The canister also provides a hermitically sealed atmosphere, in which the missile is stored safely for years.

Finally something that's competitive wrt China.

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I hate it that we are not developing an ICBM, Prolly not to irk the Americans. Still....

Why does India need an ICBM?

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I don't think India needs ICBM for now. India should and will focus on Agni series of missiles, especially Agni-3, Agni-2Prime and Agni-5 and their logistics. ICBM will raise alarm bells in friendly countries without serving any purpose. Although Agni-5 test will be interesting and it will be interesting to see reactions from various countries.

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Why does India need an ICBM?

It gives India more voice internationally. Ideally we should have mobile canisterised ICBMs & Submarine Launched IRBMs, no country in the world should be outside our missile range, friend or foe. It will give you respect among friends and fear among enemies.

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It gives India more voice internationally. Ideally we should have mobile canisterised ICBMs & Submarine Launched IRBMs, no country in the world should be outside our missile range, friend or foe. It will give you respect among friends and fear among enemies.

;)

I am not so sure that ICBM's are needed and secondly apart from the local issues for which India will soon have a solution India does not have many international issues it has many more internal issues which need to be sorted if it is to carry on growing and prospering.

I do agree with the sub launched IRBM's though as the land based ones are susceptible to espionage and other issues.

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Why does India need an ICBM?

same reason UK or france keeps a nuclear deterrent. something like "who knows if we might need it one day". the memories of a certain 7th fleet in 1971 are still alive in the strategic quarters of delhi. moreover there is no way anyone can predict what path global politics would take tomorrow.
it won't be a high priority but you can bet that the scientists would continue to improve range, counter measures and accuracy.

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Yeah India may become chums with Chinese in the next decade and U.S could become a common threat.

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Yeah India may become chums with Chinese in the next decade and U.S could become a common threat.

Any ICMB..India makes will be just for show. India has neither the economy or the will to maintain a significant amount of ICMB's which could be a deciding factor in any disagreement with the US.

There is no unlimited amount of money in India. Make the Agni 5..induct it and move on to something else necessary.

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Any ICMB..India makes will be just for show. India has neither the economy or the will to maintain a significant amount of ICMB's which could be a deciding factor in any disagreement with the US.

There is no unlimited amount of money in India. Make the Agni 5..induct it and move on to something else necessary.

So once you make the Agni 5, what would you do?

Would you carry on working on ABM,
Would you work on some Anti Submarine System
Would you work on a Chinese Still ASBM?
Would you work on a way to nullifiy the 2nd artillery brigade?

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Any ICMB..India makes will be just for show. India has neither the economy or the will to maintain a significant amount of ICMB's which could be a deciding factor in any disagreement with the US.

There is no unlimited amount of money in India. Make the Agni 5..induct it and move on to something else necessary.

Who wants to match the U.S or Russia or China missile for missile, all we need is a minimum deterrence, If France and Britain can maintain it so can we, the problem is in developing it not maintaining it.

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Minimum deterrence means nothing. You can never know what is minimum deterrence because its your enemy who decides what is going to deter him, not you.

Would you carry on working on ABM,

ABM is must for major cities, if you have a look from Indian perspective. It might not work against China but it will "help" against Pakistan.

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Minimum deterrence means nothing.

Nice new theory so china don't have minimum deterrence wrt USA ?

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It gives India more voice internationally. Ideally we should have mobile canisterised ICBMs & Submarine Launched IRBMs, no country in the world should be outside our missile range, friend or foe. It will give you respect among friends and fear among enemies.

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my simple solution (as the US feared in the 90s), licence produce Topol-M :cool:

It looks like their 90s assessment of a "Topol-M" kind of stuff in Indian arsenal is getting real. But delayed by more than a decade.

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An earlier article from HT. The link is not working now.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/air-chief-pv-naik-in-favour-of-flexing-missile-power/Article1-708062.aspx

Air chief PV Naik in favour of flexing missile power
Rahul Singh, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, June 11, 2011

India must develop strategic missiles with intercontinental reach to deliver warheads more than 5,500 km away, the country's senior-most military commander has said, proposing a dramatic increase in the country's strike range. India plans to cap its strategic missile reach at 5,000 km, establishing a posture of deterrence against China and Pakistan.

India's rising global stature demands developing intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), air force chief Air Chief Marshal PV Naik told HT in an exclusive interview.

This is the first time that a serving military chief has argued for broadening India's strike capabilities beyond the immediate neighbourhood.

Naik, who heads the chiefs of staff committee, said, "India should pursue an ICBM programme to acquire ranges of 10,000 km or even more. Breaking out of the regional context is important as the country's sphere of influence grows. We have no territorial designs on any country, but India needs the capability to match its sphere of influence."

The air chief believes that an ICBM is within India's grasp: "There's no point capping the missile programme at 5,000 km. If we have the technical capability, we should build on it."

ICBMs can hit targets up to 15,000 kilometre away.

Ballistic missiles exit earth's atmosphere and re-enter to hit their targets. Currently, the 3,000-km range Agni-III is the only missile in the Indian arsenal that can strike targets inside China. The maiden test of the 5,000-km range Agni-V intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) is being planned by the end of this year.

Five countries have deployed operational ICBMs with nuclear warheads - the US, Russia, China, France and the UK.

China's 14,000-km range Dong Feng-31 ICBM can target virtually the entire world.

A top Defence Research and Development Organisation scientist said India had the building blocks to develop ICBMs, "but where the warhead should go or what the range should be will have to be a political call."

Development of an ICBM could cost India upwards of Rs 10,000 crore, about 6% of the country's defence budget.

Ashley J Tellis, senior associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said, "As of now, NewDelhi has no strategic need for deploying ICBMs. But there's no legal regime that stops India from acquiring intercontinental reach."

Apart from Agni-III, the 750-km short-range Agni-I and the 2,000-km medium-range Agni-II have been inducted into the armed forces.

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ewww. sengupta and his blabbering nonsense. why do you even bother with this stuff ?