Hydraulic Snags Led to Night Trial Failure of Agni-I Missile

[Jai_Hind]

Even as the defence authorities are tight-lipped on the reasons of the failure of surface-to-surface medium range ballistic missile Agni-I night trial, sources attributed it to metallurgical malfunction and snags in the hydraulic system.

Sources said after an abortive mission on February 18, the 700-km range missile was to be test-fired from Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast next evening. But the strategic forces command (SFC) was forced to postpone the test for indefinite period due to some technical glitches in the missile system.

Initially while it was learnt that the faults in ‘not-up-to- the-mark’ Indian inertial navigation system (INS) led to postponement of the first night user trial of the nuclear capable missile, a scientist associated with the mission pointed fingers at manufacturing faults in the missile.

Talking to ‘The Express’, he said manufacturing and
metallurgical faults triggered hydraulics problems in the missile system thereby forcing the armed forces
authorities to put off the trial only 18 seconds prior to
the test schedule.

Hydraulics help open the wings and fins in the missile
system. The wings and fins were not being opened that day. Sensing further trouble, the mission was
postponed. However, the scientists have been asked to rectify the faults and make the mission ready for trial within next one year.

“The armed forces would definitely not want to take
further risk. The body of the missile has to be changed
as the metallurgical malfunction could lead to another
fiasco. Besides, the INS has also to be checked
properly,” he added. Meanwhile, the team Akash is readying for another trial of the surface-to-air missile on Monday. After the trial, three more would be carried out in next couple of weeks.

Sources informed that the armed forces were preparing to go for a fresh trial of 2000-km range ballistic missile Agni-II in March second week.


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[VeeraBahadur]

Almost a year for next launch .

who manufactures these missiles ones technology has been transfered ??

 

[trident2010]

May be they are testing something new which they are not telling. In missile development, DRDO is now very well placed. Looking at the success of past few years in high profile missiles, I believe in DRDO and hope they can test all the missiles in the night.

 

[Jai_Hind]

who manufactures these missiles ones technology has been transfered ??

That would be DRDO along with Bharat Dynamics
Limited (BDL)