You dont have a hypersonic missile just for having one. There is a rhyme and a reason behind it. SCRAMjet ones make a good anti ship missile. HGVs make ICBMs hard to detect early. None of them are a use for Pakistan : Its geographically too close to India to even require a HGV and naval conflict is not even a factor in Indo-Pak war besides Pakistan has a very small navy.
Actually even the terminal velocity of ghaznavi an under 1000 km range is over mach 6 deary
A hypersonic glide weapon is not same as Hypersonic cruise missiles and NONE of them are same as a ballistic re-entry vehicle.
I said nothing about PAF.U said the same thing about paf but after the iaf suffering humiliation on 27 Feb 19 modi was crying of rafales deficiency
U people. The Indians said similar hubris about smaller paf that it's no match but on 27 Feb 19
As Ajay told before, a number of ballistic missiles have hypersonic speeds. Agni-5 can travel upto Mach 24. Ballistic missiles yet are ballistic missiles have parabolic trajectories and can be tracked and intercepted relatively easily.
That is how these weapons work. They are installed over a power plant like a missile stage/a solid fuel booster to give them initial speed after which scramjet starts to give them hypersonic cruise.
This week India tested its first hypersonic missile. Traveling at extreme speeds with unpredictable flight patterns, hypersonic missiles have the potential to destabilize the strategic balance in South Asia, in ways not seen since India’s test of the nuclear bomb in 1972. Recent discussions on India has centered around New Delhi’s acquisition of the Rafale aircrafts. But these Rafale aircrafts don’t substantially alter the balance between the two air forces. The hypersonic missile tested by India has far-reaching implications for Pakistan.
“Pakistan is not known to have an indigenous hypersonic development program. Moreover, if China, Russia, and the United States reach an agreement on the issue, then there are more chances of avoiding a possible regional hypersonic rivalry in South Asia by making India part of the agreement.”
Hypersonic Weapons Affect South Asia Too | Arms Control Association
www.armscontrol.org
The deal was to be cancelled. They bought only 36 to maintain squadron's stop gap.
The problem is, when will this science project will convert into a product. IIRC, SFDR is yet to be tested as a A2A or S2A missile. These science projects look good but are useless unless they are applied in a product.
They will be once trials are over and production commences. Agencies don't design them for keeping in exhibitions only. You are starting a product in your country which earlier never had a base. It's validation to full scale and not operationalising news for PR is going to be helpful to develop an eco system of local aerospace companies.
Honestly, India has a base for missile development and production but ALL missiles of India get delayed like hell. India is JUST now inducting a medium range A2A missile. Such missiles are in service in China since 2000s, In USA and Russia since 90s.
Unless criticism is loaded with a knowledgeable and reasonable context, it doesn't look anything more than a complaint from clueless mind just doing so to look cool.
Ummm... nope. Agni 5 was first tested in 2012 or so. It is still being inducted with last development trial happened in end 2018. Don't know when user trials will start and end.
AIM120-c5 was intucted in 1990s. Thats about 25 years ago. US has moved to c-7 then D.
Errr... ASAT okay, terminal abm okay BUT mid course is highly speculative. And mirv intercetion is sure unlikely.
