India’s Agni-V ICBM to Carry Multiple Nuclear Warheads

[Safriz]

For MIRV an apogee of 600 miles or 1000 km and above is needed...
until now Agni has shown an apogee of half of that .

 

[OrionHunter]

This would give a nightmare to all misssile defence systems

Not really, if the missile is intercepted before release of the warheads!

 

[gslv mk3]

For MIRV an apogee of 600 miles or 1000 km and above is needed...
until now Agni has shown an apogee of half of that .

Agni V has shown an apogee of 800 kilometres..mr JR. Think Tank

 

[Safriz]

Agni V has shown an apogee of 800 kilometres..mr JR. Think Tank

ok....I never claimed to be right...
even 800 km isn't enough elevation for MIRV .
best guess is one more stage will be needed.

 

[gslv mk3]

ok....I never claimed to be right...
even 800 km isn't enough elevation for MIRV .
best guess is one more stage will be needed.

I dont think so..Agni IV have also attained the same apogee !!!

 

[Safriz]

I dont think so..Agni IV have also attained the same apogee !!!

hi.
can you link me an article saying 800km apogee for agni?

 

[gslv mk3]

hi.
can you link me an article saying 800km apogee for agni?

its wiki though

2012 in spaceflight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.aerospaceindia.org/Issue%20Briefs/2012/30%20April%202012%20-%20Longer%20Reach%20and%20Enabling%20More%20Options.pdf

 

[Safriz]

its wiki though

2012 in spaceflight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.aerospaceindia.org/Issue%20Briefs/2012/30%20April%202012%20-%20Longer%20Reach%20and%20Enabling%20More%20Options.pdf

I read the articles...nowhere it says that the missile actually achieved an apogee of 800km in a test fire.
it only mentions the great boasting babu of DRDO boasting away that he will make an ASAT from Agni 5 and that the minimum flight altitude required for ASAT is 800km.
His lip service also mentions that although Agni can only carry 1 ton warhead ..he will reduce weight of the missile by using carbon fiber so that it can carry a 2 ton warhead assembly.which according to him is minimum weight of an.MIRV.
Lip service at its best.

 

[manojb]

For MIRV an apogee of 600 miles or 1000 km and above is needed...
until now Agni has shown an apogee of half of that .

Link please !!!

 

[gslv mk3]

I read the articles...nowhere it says that the missile actually achieved an apogee of 800km in a test fire.
it only mentions the great boasting babu of DRDO boasting away that he will make an ASAT from Agni 5 and that the minimum flight altitude required for ASAT is 800km.

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For the bolded part - That is easily possible for DRDO


19 April 02:37 Agni-V Apogee: 800 kilometres (500 mi)
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[IND151]

I read the articles...nowhere it says that the missile actually achieved an apogee of 800km in a test fire.
it only mentions the great boasting babu of DRDO boasting away that he will make an ASAT from Agni 5 and that the minimum flight altitude required for ASAT is 800km.
His lip service also mentions that although Agni can only carry 1 ton warhead ..he will reduce weight of the missile by using carbon fiber so that it can carry a 2 ton warhead assembly.which according to him is minimum weight of an.MIRV.
Lip service at its best.

Agni 5 has apogee of 600 km and Agni 4 has apogee of 900 KM

Agni-IV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

BTW This part is important, take look at this @Safriz

The launch is reported to be a depressed trajectory launch
where the missile attained an apogee of 600 km.5
In a depressed
trajectory the apogee is achieved at low altitudes, causing
warheads to streak towards their targets at relatively flat reentry angles and relatively high re-entry speeds. Depressed
trajectory missile shots can complicate the task faced by missile
defence; they also reduce the time of flight needed to strike
targets that are well within the range of the missile.6
But the
problem with a depressed trajectory is that the missile enters
with a higher re-entry speed which generates more heat. The
successful launch of Agni V is an indication to the fact that the
missile was able to withstand such high temperature. Moreover
the depressed trajectory may lead to reduced accuracy. So if
the Agni V is launched in a standard trajectory then the accuracy
may further improve.

http://www.aerospaceindia.org/Issue... - Longer Reach and Enabling More Options.pdf

 

[Safriz]

Yes depressed trajectory with apogee of 600km can be interpolated to maximum apogee of 800km.
But MIRV will be heavier than single warhead because it needs own propulsion and fuel onboard the warhead assembly...
Exact details of these projects are not made public but they will need to somehow make room for that extra weight.
If they really are doing it...they must be hard at work...

 

[faithfulguy]

Not really, if the missile is intercepted before release of the warheads!

This is much more difficult to accomplish as warhead are released in the middle of the flight, not the terminal phase.

"ABM systems were developed initially to counter single warheads launched from large Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). The economics seemed simple enough; since rocket costs increase rapidly with size, the price of the ICBM launching a large warhead should always be greater than the much smaller interceptor missile needed to destroy it. In an arms race the defense would always win.

In practice, the price of the interceptor missile was considerable, due to its sophistication. The system had to be guided all the way to an interception, which demanded guidance and control systems that worked within and outside of the atmosphere. The Nike Zeus was expected to cost about $1 million, about the same as an ICBM. However, due to their relatively short ranges, an ABM missile would be needed to counter an ICBM wherever it might be aimed. That implies that dozens of interceptors are needed for every ICBM. This led to intense debates about the "cost-exchange ratio" between interceptors and warheads.

Conditions changed dramatically in 1970 with the introduction of Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) warheads. Suddenly each launcher was throwing not one warhead, but several. These would spread out in space, ensuring that a single interceptor would be needed for each warhead. This simply added to the need to have several interceptors for each warhead in order to provide geographical coverage. Now it was clear that an ABM system would always be many times more expensive than the ICBMs they defended against. In summary, the MIRV made ABM economically ineffective, and practically non-workable."

 

[Anony]

For MIRV an apogee of 600 miles or 1000 km and above is needed...
until now Agni has shown an apogee of half of that .

Agni-IV has shown apogee of 900km. Why the hell you guys always tries to shade the feather on India's capability.

 

[Safriz]

Agni-IV has shown apogee of 900km. Why the hell you guys always tries to shade the feather on India's capability.

link us an article or news or any material saying that..

only one wiki link exists where it says 800km apogee for agni V.

post some links....even ajay blog will do....

its another thing that such exact details about a strategic weapon system may be hatd to find..but there must be a reason why so many people are making such a claim...