Government plans nuclear missile shield in Delhi

[SrNair]

No one cares about your wonder statement in here

I thought Imdia already has anti missile defense after years of testing. I wonder what kind of system is this...

 

[Screambowl]

if iran gets nukes saudi and turks are not going to sit on their back side, they will get the bomb too.

and tbh i think pakistan is past baklanisation now. what could happen is isreal may just start supporting groups in the coutry for terrorist activites resulting in loss of foreign investments. which means a slower economy which obviously means less advanced tech pakistan can buy for her military to threaten israel


but why the hell should isreal get involved in pakistan when they have a whole mess in the middle east to deal with ?

Because Pakistan is the only country which can provide a nuclear weapon to Arabs, under the umbrella of US.

 

[anant_s]

I think such a shield is provided for both Mumbai and New Delhi. & 5000 kms means they are worried about threat from east as well.
I was wondering if the system can protect Delhi from some other threats too

Apologies for trolling in advance

 

[Jobless Jack]

Because Pakistan is the only country which can provide a nuclear weapon to Arabs, under the umbrella of US.

the US can provide nukes to the arabs under the US umbrella.

 

[Screambowl]

the US can provide nukes to the arabs under the US umbrella.

US will provide, through Pakistan.

 

[holysaturn]

A missile shield is not a financially,technically,strategically viable deterrent.Sea based second strike is the best ,most cost effective deterrent. A 24hr fully operational BMD with good hit probability is still a pipe dream even for superpowers. The failure of Patriot in Iraq,Iron dome failures,THAAD failures and the debacle of the "homing overlay experiment" is a proof of vested corporate interests.

 

[Jobless Jack]

US will provide, through Pakistan.

Uncle sam has enough balls to deliever them to arabs with or without pakistan.

at the end of the day there is nothing isreal can achieve in pakistan

 

[Screambowl]

Uncle sam has enough balls to deliever them to arabs with or without pakistan.

at the end of the day there is nothing isreal can achieve in pakistan

Buddy, if US wanted to give them directly, they would have done that long back, but then giving a nuclear weapon to Arabs, is not just threat to Iran but also Israel. So US will not do it directly and take the blame.

 

[Jobless Jack]

Buddy, if US wanted to give them directly, they would have done that long back, but then giving a nuclear weapon to Arabs, is not just threat to Iran but also Israel. So US will not do it directly and take the blame.

ya i assure you pakistan is not willing to take the blame either. we have enough bad press as it is

it will most likely be uncle sam who tranfers the know how with pak scientists doing the field running

 

[Screambowl]

ya i assure you pakistan is not willing to take the blame either. we have enough bad press as it is

it will most likely be uncle sam who tranfers the know how with pak scientists doing the field running

Pakistan knows how to facilitate without being caught. And in Case of Saudi Arabia, their money speaks to shut down many mouths.

 

[Alphacharlie]

Now Now Now...what will happen to North Korean Projectiles....

 

[TheNoob]

Oh yes, poor india is under siege 24/7 that it needs a nuclear shield now.

 

[holysaturn]

Oh yes, poor india is under siege 24/7 that it needs a nuclear shield now.

Yes because of a neighbour that might lob nuclear weapons at it, while eating grass.

 

[Rain]

Back in news!!
Phase-I was completed long back... whatever is happening on David Sling and Israeli arrow front!
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Government plans nuclear missile shield in Delhi
ByManu Pubby, ET Bureau | 4 Apr, 2015, 02.44AM IST

Officials familiar with the matter told ET placing the radars is the beginning of an accelerated process in creating a missile cover for major Indian cities.

NEW DELHI: Modi Sarkar has taken the first real step in giving India's capital city, Delhi, a security cover that cities such as Beijing and Washington already have — anuclear missile shield. Two long-range missile-tracking radars have been placed in the national capital region.

When completed, the shield will be able to intercept missiles fired from as far as 5,000 km away. Seniorgovernmentofficials familiar with the matter told ET placing the radars is the beginning of an accelerated process in creating a missile cover for major Indian cities. The next Indian city to be covered isMumbai.

Major cities around the world such as Washington, Beijing, Paris, London and Tel Aviv all have missile shields.

India's missile shield programme has fallen behind over the past two years. The programme started in real earnest in 2006 and 2009-12 saw many tests. However, say senior officials, 2013 and 2014 were lull years for the programme. There was a failed test in April 2014.

Officials said the Modi government had ordered a major acceleration of the missile shield programme immediately after coming to power last May. Placing the long-range radars — Swordfish, developed with Israeli assistance, and capable of tracking incoming missiles from a range of 800 km — is a first big step that will be followed by placing missile interceptor units by 2016.

Missile tests will be held regularly, officials said. Next Monday will see an air defence missile test from Wheeler Island, off the Odisha coast. Wheeler Island is India's main missile testing location.

The missile shield system will require several dozen missiles to be produced annually in the first phase. Missile defence systems in India use both long- and short range interceptors. Officials said India was better prepared in developing short-range interceptor missiles. The long range system will require more tests.

Officials say the Modi government's view is that given the growing sophistication of nuclear arsenal in India's neighbourhood, the lack of a missile defence system was a major security gap. The missile shield is even more critical for India given its 'no first use' policy for nuclear weapons, a doctrine that Pakistan doesn't follow.

A major project cleared by the Modi government in its first months in power was to approve setting up a $1-billion facility inDRDOto manufacture vital seeker systems. Seeker systems direct missiles in the final phase of targeting. The facility, expected to come up near Hyderabad, is critical for missile shield.

Good news for pakistan too.

India is hurriedly placing a under development BMD system to protect Dehli from Missiles.

I am unable to understand if the India has just started to set up Seeker facility, how could they be certain of missile defense with out proper serial produces seekers tested on interceptor missiles?

more what will become of S 300 missiles that were tasked with Dehli air defense?

 

[deckingraj]

Good news for pakistan too.

India is hurriedly placing a under development BMD system to protect Dehli from Missiles.

I am unable to understand if the India has just started to set up Seeker facility, how could they be certain of missile defense with out proper serial produces seekers tested on interceptor missiles?

more what will become of S 300 missiles that were tasked with Dehli air defense?

It is not as if you just put one layer of air defense...it is always multi-layered multi facet...right