USA control its manufactured weapons which it sell to other country inluding PAK/India. So IAF just brought downgraded version of C130, so that it will be free from monitering. And than put equivalent system in it to restore its original capability.
All radars are directional. If radar is capable of detecting 20km in its effective aperture area, than its range indeed decreases in lobes; but radar mounted on rotating support hence given same detection range in all direction, no distance modification.
If you put your older figure in equation...
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But now situation is changed. While others were struggling due economic reasons, USA funded them freely. And now it is far ahead of other counties.
Well discussion is now completely of-topic............
Gov was planing to develop a harbor near Chandipur range. So now it wont be so secure for weapon test. Thats leads DRDO to think for more test facility. Surely other factors also works.
One of proposed site is in Andra, which is much more...
THAAD surely uses hit-to-kill, but Arrow :undecided: uses explosive kill. PAC is mainly SAM with limited anti-ballastic capability.
As wiki suggest AAD have kinetic kill so you are wright but explosive kill gives more accuracy especially in missile-kill. Thats why PAD uses proximity detonation.
If anyone think that ISRO don't have technology for reentry vehicle, than I will like to say that ISRO already tested it few years ago & test was complete success.
For MIRV tech, all things are set up & we already tested it. I am also waiting for RLV-TV, that will surly change the things & good...
It is not first time. We support Afgans in 90s decade, although Taliban was too powerful that time & flow was with them. So these groups strengthen them self in north of AFG & formed Northen Alliance.
But time changed, NATO make alliance with NA to destroy Taliban & other terrorist groups in...