Agni-5 missiles to be test fired in Feb

[Tshering22]

Sigh.. when will we get good defense correspondents? What sort of an IDIOT mentions the need of seekers for ICBMs? WTF are we targeting? Corvettes?

 

[isro2222]

If agni-5 test gets successful then i would love to see chinese in this thread.... i haven't seen them in agni-IV successful test thread yet.... They just love to troll in thread in which its easy to bash india.... They don't like threads in which there's not much happy news for them or not easy to bash india.... Agni-5 is the game changer. Although agni-IV too big threat to our eastern communist neighbour....

 

[sathya]

Eyeing China, India to enter ICBM club in 3 months
Rajat Pandit, TNN | Nov 17, 2011, 03.08AM IST



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India will become a full-fledged member of the ICBM club only when its most ambitious nuclear-capable Agni-V ballistic missile becomes fully operational in 2014.
NEW DELHI: The countdown has begun. Within three months, India will gatecrash the super-exclusive ICBM (inter-continental ballistic missile) club, largely the preserve of countries like the US, Russia and China that brandish long-range strategic missiles with strike ranges well beyond 5,500 km.

However, it will become a full-fledged member of the club only when its most ambitious nuclear-capable Agni-V ballistic missile, which will be able to target even northern China if required, becomes fully operational in 2014.

Gung-ho a day after the successful test of the new-generation 3,500-km Agni-IV missile, senior defence scientists on Wednesday declared that Agni-V, with a strike range of over 5,000-km, would be test-fired within the December-February time-frame.

"The three-stage Agni-V is undergoing integration at the moment...it's on schedule," DRDO chief V K Saraswat said, adding that both Agni-IV and V were comparable to the best missiles in their class, including Chinese ones, as far as the technology was concerned. Agni programme director Avinash Chander said his team was "confident" of offering the 17.5-metre-tall Agni-V for induction to the armed forces by 2014. The much-lighter two-stage Agni-IV will be operational by 2013 after two to four more "repeatable" tests.

"Our aim is to take just two to three years from the first test to the induction phase," he said.

Once deployed, the 20-tonne Agni-IV and 50-tonne Agni-V will add the much-needed muscle to India's nuclear deterrence posture against China, which has a huge nuclear and missile arsenal like the 11,200-km Dong Feng-31A ICBM which is capable of hitting any Indian city. With higher accuracy, fast-reaction capability and road mobility, unlike the earlier largely rail-mobile Agni missiles, Agni-IV and V will give India the required operational flexibility against China since they will be capable of being stored and swiftly transported. If launched from the north-east, for instance, they will be able to hit high-value targets deep inside China.

India, however, is not in an arms race or "numbers game" like the US-Soviet rivalry of the Cold War era. "We are not looking at how many missiles China or Pakistan has. With a 'no first-use' nuclear weapons policy, we only want a sufficient number of missiles to defend the country in the event of a crisis. Ours is a defensive-mode strategy, even if others have offensive postures," Saraswat said. The DRDO chief added that "indigenous content" in India's strategic missiles had gone up to such a level, with ring-laser gyros, composite rocket motors, micro-navigation systems and their ilk, that "no technology control regime" could derail them any longer.

Then why not go for missiles that can fly around 10,000 km? DRDO claims that it has the capability to develop such missiles but the government does not want alarm bells to clang around the globe. India, after all, is interested only in "credible minimum deterrence" against the threats it faces. Saraswat said the current focus was on fine-tuning the Agni missiles to defeat anti-ballistic missile systems of potential adversaries. Towards this end, added Chander, the radar and other "signatures" of Agni-IV have been significantly reduced to make them "much more immune to counter-measures".

What will make the Agni missiles even more deadly is the development of MIRV (multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles) warheads on which the DRDO is working. An MIRV payload on a missile carries several nuclear warheads, which can be programmed to hit different targets. A flurry of such missiles can completely overwhelm BMD ( ballistic missile defence) systems.

 

[Kinetic]

@ kinetic

can u tell how many missile can be produse in a year if we start inducting them ? missile like agni IV agni V ?

thanks

That is a top secret but from the info available in public India produced 12-18 Agni-II per year some years back. Now BDL expanding its capability. Agni-I, Agni-II and Prithvi production will be stopped and took over by Shauyra, Agni-IV and Agni-III etc.

 

[Kinetic]

Kinetic bhai,you and other members are forgetting the Terminal Radar Scene Correletion guidence system used in Ballistic missile RVs.The Agni family of Ballistic missiles uses a combo of 3 guidence systems-1.the RLG based INS
2.GLONASS and 3.Terminal Radar Scene Correlation system and that's why Agni 1 MRBMs and Agni 3 IRBMs are the most accurate missiles in its range class.
But the 'importing from Russia' part is nothing more than pure BS,1st spread by our beloved Prasun Chor Gupta. . . .

Yes, that is used by generally short and medium range ballistic missiles for conventional high accuracy purposed. A long rane missile like Agni-V which has mainly strategic purpose will not have any seeker for sure. That idiot Gupta is ruining facts with his dreamy BS.

 

[Omega007]

Yes, that is used by generally short and medium range ballistic missiles for conventional high accuracy purposed. A long rane missile like Agni-V which has mainly strategic purpose will not have any seeker for sure. That idiot Gupta is ruining facts with his dreamy BS.

For sake of debate,lets assum that an ICBM like Agni 5 is fitted with the terminal seekers for pinpoint accuracy(don't ask why).But even that does not makes any sence to Chor Gupta's claims of importing them from Russia.The system was developed way back during 90's by Research Centre Imarat.Acctually where the ASL might have sought help of Russia is the GLONASS receiver for their py codes as we all know that GLONASS is Russian system.That fool might have got confused. . . . .

 

[Kinetic]

For sake of debate,lets assum that an ICBM like Agni 5 is fitted with the terminal seekers for pinpoint accuracy(don't ask why).But even that does not makes any sence to Chor Gupta's claims of importing them from Russia.The system was developed way back during 90's by Research Centre Imarat.Acctually where the ASL might have sought help of Russia is the GLONASS receiver for their py codes as we all know that GLONASS is Russian system.That fool might have got confused. . . . .

Idiot gupta's thought made him confused. lol

RCI developed radar scene correlation guidance for the Agni-1 and Agni-2 in the late 90s. India has an agreement with Russia for access to military grade from GLONASS. There was even talks of ISRO launching GLONASS-K sats and making receivers in India. I think the first plan dropped.

 

[Indian Army]

Agni-V launch soon: DRDO

Agni-V, the 5,000-km version of the nuclear capable missile, is in the final phase of testing and is soon set for launch, a senior DRDO official said here today.

“Agni-V is in the final phase of testing. I cannot predict the exact date of its launch, but it will be launched shortly,” Chief Controller R and D (Missiles and Strategic Systems) at DRDO, Avinash Chander, said.

He was addressing a press conference at the Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory to mark the conclusion of its year-long golden jubilee celebrations,

Agni-V, touted as India’s most ambitious strategic missile, will follow last year’s test of the country’s most advanced surface-to-surface missile Agni-IV.

The three-stage Agni-V and the two-stage Agni-IV are poised to add credible deterrence against countries which have missiles like the 11,200-km Dong Feng-31A, Mr. Chander said.

Agni-V will feature Multiple Independently-Targeted Re-entry Vehicles (MIRVs) with each missile being capable of carrying 3-10 separate warheads.

To a question, Mr. Chander said “we have Rs. 20,000 crore worth production orders for Akash missile.”

“By 2020, India will be among the leading countries in the missile development,” he said.

Mr. Chander said the DRDO was trying to set up an independent Centre for Directed High Energy Weapons System which would focus on the use of lasers in weapons system.

On Prahar, he said the 150—km range guided missile was being put into weaponised mode.

“It is the most cost—effective missile in its class. Army has shown good interest and we are sure it will get inducted,” Mr. Chander said.

 

[praveen007]

Agni-V's detonator developed in Chandigarh lab
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Source:-- Agni-V's detonator developed in Chandigarh lab - The Times of India
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A DRDO lab in the city, Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL) has developed the detonator which can trigger the explosive in a nuclear warhead and account for the successful take off of Agni-V -- a 5,000km range nuclear missile. This was announced by Avinash Chander, the scientist who has developed the missile which will be launched next month. Agni has already created ripples in South Asia with its long range capability.
"The missile has a wide range and with this our defence strategies will become enhanced. It is not to scare countries like China, but to become capable of self-defence. The TBRL has a major role in the development and testing of Agni-V.
The detonator, which will trigger explosion in the warhead of the missile, has been tested in Chandigarh," said Chander.
The 50 tonne missile has a longer range than its previous versions. Though not much ambitious about entering the elite inter continental ballistic missile (ICBM) club, which includes the US, Russia and China, Chander added, "We do not need the ICBM, as we do not perceive such a threat. But Agni-V shows our capability in marching towards this way."
DRDO is also working on augmenting the power of laser weapons from 10 kilowatt to 20 kilowatt.
"The major area of thrust will be laser technology and its role in weapons. We are working in this area. This includes miniaturizing warheads while maintaining the lethality," said Chander. Also, a precise missile guided weapon, Prahar, with a short range of 90-50km will soon be inducted in the Army. The warhead of this weapon has its genesis in the TBRL, Chandigarh.
Dr W Selvamurthy Chief Controller (R&D), DRDO, ministry of defence, said, "This indigenous missile is very promising and precise."

 

[tvsram1992]

we should try to base our missiles in Ex soviet countries and Mongolia .

 

[IndoUS]

we should try to base our missiles in Ex soviet countries and Mongolia .

There is no reason to, our current interest lies in Asia, why make things worse.

 

[KS]

Also,a precise missile guided weapon, Prahar, with a short range of 90-50km will soon be inducted in the Army.

WTF is a missile guided weapon ?

 

[tvsram1992]

There is no reason to, our current interest lies in Asia, why make things worse.

Because they make the things worse for our enemy and there is no need for our planes to return back in case of missions . I mean after the mission they can directly land in foreign base safely. We can base our missiles too in so called air bases which would add additional teeth to our armed forces and we can use our short ranged cruise missiles and IRBMs that are much reliable than using unreliable long range missiles like ICBMs.

see how big will be the difference if we can have a base in Tajikistan, Kazakhstan,Mongolia
The ex soviet bases will be a direct threat to Pakistan but Pakistan cannot dare to attack them . That is the advantage of having a base .

 

[IndoUS]

Because they make the things worse for our enemy and there is no need for our planes to return back in case of missions . I mean after the mission they can directly land in foreign base safely. We can base our missiles too in so called air bases which would add additional teeth to our armed forces and we can use our short ranged cruise missiles and IRBMs that are much reliable than using unreliable long range missiles like ICBMs.

see how big will be the difference if we can have a base in Tajikistan, Kazakhstan,Mongolia
The ex soviet bases will be a direct threat to Pakistan but Pakistan cannot dare to attack them . That is the advantage of having a base .

I am fine with air bases, but putting our N-missile on someone else's soil seems a bit over board.