India May already have Operational Tactical Nukes

[Ticker]

^^ which new name you are talking about?

The new name of Cold Start.

 

[Ticker]

Self deleted.

 

[Crypto]

Usually IA is very vocal about their capabilities, if they have it they would have announced. My two cents.

 

[Black Widow]

Is Cold Start even an operational thing, i.e. can we act as quickly as cold start demands? Have we done any exercises to test that?

No, It was clear aftr Parliament attack. We were not able to mobilise the troop within 3 days. Cold start need mobilisation within hours..

India is working on delivery system (Buying C3 and herculus from America).

 

[IND151]

The topmost schematic shows the 1,200km-range subsonic Nirbhay nuclear-armed cruise missile, which will be available in both air-launched and submarine-launched versions. The ALCM version will be qualified for use by 20 specially customised Su-30MKIs, while the SLCM variant will go on board the S-2, S-3 and S-4 SSBNs.

The illustration below is that of a smaller, conventional warhead-armed air-launched subsonic variant of Nirbhay with a range of 750km, which will be qualified for launch from combat aircraft like the DARIN 3-standard Jaguar IS as well as Rafale M-MRCA.


Further details of this CALCM, now under development, can be found at:


Source: http://www.defence.pk/forums/indian...le-family-finally-revealed.html#ixzz2FrERMQzZ

Nirbhay ALCM annd SLCM (1200 KM Range Vesion) are intended to be armed with Tactical Nuke

Sub kiloton Nukes tested in 1998 make sense now

 

[Koovie]

^^ tactical nukes are very useful if you want to destroy incoming enemy formations with nuke and also want the radiation fallout to be limited

Tactical nukes arent really helpful for a country with a second strike doctrine

 

[IND151]

^^ We are keeping all options open

Indian National Security Advisor Shri Shivshankar Menon signaled a significant shift from "no first use" to "no first use against non-nuclear weapon states" in a speech on the occasion of Golden Jubilee celebrations of the National Defence College in New Delhi on October 21, 2010, a doctrine Menon said reflected India's "strategic culture, with its emphasis on minimal deterrence."[15][16]

http://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&rc...nYCQDg&usg=AFQjCNFKh-MSaOqbsH-aGzpC0SS8c2-oIw

 

[kurup]

Nirbhay ALCM annd SLCM (1200 KM Range Vesion) are intended to be armed with Tactical Nuke

Sub kiloton Nukes tested in 1998 make sense now

Can you tell me why we are not developing a GLCM and ShLCM version of nirbhay .???

 

[IND151]

Can you tell me why we are not developing a GLCM and ShLCM version of nirbhay .???

The reason is this :-

There’s no land-based variant of n-armed Nirbhay, since any type of land-launched nuclear weapon is always vulnerable to first strikes. Then there’s the problem of deploying them by land to their pre-surveyed launch-sites during wartime, all of which makes such a weapon inflexible & vulnerable. The same goes for the conventionally armed Nirbhay as well & therefore its design (shown above) has wisely decided to do away with the solid-rocket booster (meaning no launches from land or from submarines/warships) & make use of only the sustainer turbofan for cruised flight.
-Pk sengupta

 

[kurup]

The reason is this :-

So ,There will be no conventionally armed Nirbhay GLCM too .

 

[IND151]

So ,There will be no conventionally armed Nirbhay GLCM too .

Yes.

There will be no ship launched or land based versions but only ALCM and SLCM Nirbhay according to PK Sengupta

 

[The Deterrent]

Nirbhay ALCM annd SLCM (1200 KM Range Vesion) are intended to be armed with Tactical Nuke

Sub kiloton Nukes tested in 1998 make sense now

Can you tell us the weight of the sub-kiloton yield device tested in '98?

 

[kurup]

Yes.

There will be no ship launched or land based versions but only ALCM and SLCM Nirbhay according to PK Sengupta

According to PKS , there will be no sub launched version .


"A spinoff from this programme is the development of a smaller, conventional warhead-armed air-launched subsonic variant of Nirbhay (see illustrations above) with a range of 750km, which will be qualified for launch from combat aircraft like the DARIN 3-standard Jaguar IS as well as Rafale M-MRCA. Presently, there are no plans for developing warship-launched/submarine-launched/surface-launched versions of this missile, which will have an estimated length of 6.2 metres, diameter of 0.6 metres, launch mass of 1,350kg, a 400kg HE blast-fragmentation warhead, cruising altitude of 20 metres over land, cruise speed of 240 metres/second, target aspect angle of +/-180 degrees, and a launch altitude varying between 500 metres and 11,000 metres. The hybrid inertial navigation system will ensure autonomous navigation via at least 15 waypoints, while for terminal guidance, use will be made of a noise-immune guidance system that will employ an X-band monopulse SAR radar similar to the one now being developed for the Prahaar NLOS-BSM. The conventionally-armed ALCM variant of Nirbhay will be procured by both the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy."

Can you tell us the weight of the sub-kiloton yield device tested in '98?

Can you please provide a link to yield and weight of pakistani nukes ???

 

[AUSTERLITZ]

Obviously we do.And they are not for pakistan .But we will adhere to no first strike.

 

[tvsram1992]

Hope we have SAM with tactical nuke warheads like Aakash that can destroy formation of aircrafts and missiles .