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India's First Nuke ICBM with composite rocket motor
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Country's First 3-Stage ICBM, Agni-V, To Test Within A Year, First To Have Composite Rocket Motors !
After the successful test of the long range Agni-III nuclear missile, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), is all set to have the first test flight of the 5000 plus kilometer range Agni-V within a year. Addressing a press gathering today, DRDO Chief and Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister, Dr V K Saraswat said that the strategic Agni-V, "Is out of the drawing board and is into the metal cutting stage with its sub-systems being tested and would have its first flight trial within a year." It will fall in the category of the Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), and will be the country's first three-stage solid missile.
The Agni-V would have the same design as the Agni-III, with same payload which is 1.5 tons, length 17.5 meters, weight being 49 tons, and a diameter of two meters.
Agni-V will also see the maturing of the strategic missile program of the DRDO, as for the first time Indian defence scientists would graduate on to composite rocket motors from metallic rocket motors.
Expressing satisfaction over the recently concluded successful Agni-III test, thereby declaring the missile ready for induction in the Strategic Forces Command, Dr Saraswat said that DRDO was ready with building blocks of missiles which could be converted into weapon systems as and when required and there was no need to build and store missiles and that there were enough systems to meet the country's security requirements.
About China making anti-satellite missiles, Dr Saraswat said that, "Blocks are available with us today, but there was no program to test a direct hit , but there would be tests on electronic targets through simulations."
Chindits--Indian Armed Forces: Country's First 3-Stage ICBM, Agni-V, To Test Within A Year, First To Have Composite Rocket Motors !
I spent a few minutes interviewing Dr Avinash Chander, director of India's Agni missile programme (and Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory) on Wednesday evening. He is the country's most valuable rocket scientist today, but you wouldn't know it. Unassuming, quiet and supremely focused on his task, he's a man who has spent the last three years giving the Indian government options that it has never had before. And with the Agni-III strategic missile completing its testing stage and now ready for operational induction with India's Strategic Forces Command, it's time for the next big thing.
At this time next year, India will begin testing its longest range weapon yet, the newest in its Agni family of strategic ballistic missiles, named the Agni-V. According to DRDO chief Dr VK Saraswat, the country's seniormost weapon scientist, "The Agni-V has moved out of the drawing board. We have crossed the metal cutting stage. We are now testing and evaluating subsystems and plan to conduct a first flight trial within a year."
According to Dr Chander, the Agni-V will be 22-metres long and approximately 1-ton heavier than the Agni-III. The Agni-V's navigation system and warhead will be identical to the Agni-III, as will a great deal of subsystems, aggregates and electronics. The team has stated that 60 per cent of the first missile system is complete, while the remainder involves the crucial third stage of the missile. Dr Chander revealed today that the challenges that lied ahead include changes in the payload structure, introduction of extra heating and slight changes to the re-entry mechanism. The Agni-V will also be the first Indian missile with a composite rocket motor as opposed to a metallic one.
"The problems we had with previous tests of the Agni-2 and Agni-III were not design defects but problems with quality assurance. We have rectified those problems and don't foresee any such hurdles on the Agni-V," Dr Chander said.
Clarifying that India did NOT have an independent intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) programme, DRDO chief Dr Saraswat said, "The country's requirement right now is a missile with a range in the region of 5,000-km-plus. A missile with a range beyond this has not been identified as necessary for our strategic programme. However, we have the capability to build longer range missiles if the country calls upon us to do so. The building blocks are already in place."
Cocking a snook at the Chinese ballistic missile programme, Dr Chander told me, "I can say that our technology is maturer than theirs. And of course, there is no comparison at all with Pakistan. We are technologically way ahead of them. Of course, the Agni is our very own missile, not borrowed technology."
Agni-V Photo-impression by Shiv Aroor
LiveFist - The Best of Indian Defence: 5,500-km Agni-V Takes Off In A Year
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Country's First 3-Stage ICBM, Agni-V, To Test Within A Year, First To Have Composite Rocket Motors !
After the successful test of the long range Agni-III nuclear missile, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), is all set to have the first test flight of the 5000 plus kilometer range Agni-V within a year. Addressing a press gathering today, DRDO Chief and Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister, Dr V K Saraswat said that the strategic Agni-V, "Is out of the drawing board and is into the metal cutting stage with its sub-systems being tested and would have its first flight trial within a year." It will fall in the category of the Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), and will be the country's first three-stage solid missile.
The Agni-V would have the same design as the Agni-III, with same payload which is 1.5 tons, length 17.5 meters, weight being 49 tons, and a diameter of two meters.
Agni-V will also see the maturing of the strategic missile program of the DRDO, as for the first time Indian defence scientists would graduate on to composite rocket motors from metallic rocket motors.
Expressing satisfaction over the recently concluded successful Agni-III test, thereby declaring the missile ready for induction in the Strategic Forces Command, Dr Saraswat said that DRDO was ready with building blocks of missiles which could be converted into weapon systems as and when required and there was no need to build and store missiles and that there were enough systems to meet the country's security requirements.
About China making anti-satellite missiles, Dr Saraswat said that, "Blocks are available with us today, but there was no program to test a direct hit , but there would be tests on electronic targets through simulations."
Chindits--Indian Armed Forces: Country's First 3-Stage ICBM, Agni-V, To Test Within A Year, First To Have Composite Rocket Motors !
I spent a few minutes interviewing Dr Avinash Chander, director of India's Agni missile programme (and Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory) on Wednesday evening. He is the country's most valuable rocket scientist today, but you wouldn't know it. Unassuming, quiet and supremely focused on his task, he's a man who has spent the last three years giving the Indian government options that it has never had before. And with the Agni-III strategic missile completing its testing stage and now ready for operational induction with India's Strategic Forces Command, it's time for the next big thing.
At this time next year, India will begin testing its longest range weapon yet, the newest in its Agni family of strategic ballistic missiles, named the Agni-V. According to DRDO chief Dr VK Saraswat, the country's seniormost weapon scientist, "The Agni-V has moved out of the drawing board. We have crossed the metal cutting stage. We are now testing and evaluating subsystems and plan to conduct a first flight trial within a year."
According to Dr Chander, the Agni-V will be 22-metres long and approximately 1-ton heavier than the Agni-III. The Agni-V's navigation system and warhead will be identical to the Agni-III, as will a great deal of subsystems, aggregates and electronics. The team has stated that 60 per cent of the first missile system is complete, while the remainder involves the crucial third stage of the missile. Dr Chander revealed today that the challenges that lied ahead include changes in the payload structure, introduction of extra heating and slight changes to the re-entry mechanism. The Agni-V will also be the first Indian missile with a composite rocket motor as opposed to a metallic one.
"The problems we had with previous tests of the Agni-2 and Agni-III were not design defects but problems with quality assurance. We have rectified those problems and don't foresee any such hurdles on the Agni-V," Dr Chander said.
Clarifying that India did NOT have an independent intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) programme, DRDO chief Dr Saraswat said, "The country's requirement right now is a missile with a range in the region of 5,000-km-plus. A missile with a range beyond this has not been identified as necessary for our strategic programme. However, we have the capability to build longer range missiles if the country calls upon us to do so. The building blocks are already in place."
Cocking a snook at the Chinese ballistic missile programme, Dr Chander told me, "I can say that our technology is maturer than theirs. And of course, there is no comparison at all with Pakistan. We are technologically way ahead of them. Of course, the Agni is our very own missile, not borrowed technology."
Agni-V Photo-impression by Shiv Aroor
LiveFist - The Best of Indian Defence: 5,500-km Agni-V Takes Off In A Year
