The other thing is how many types of nuclear Ballistic missiles India has? Deployed,not under test.?
3 types of Liquid fuel Prithvi.
4 types Agni? out of which Agni 5 isn't deployed yet and Agni-1 status isn't sure if still in service or withdrawn and Agni 2 and Agni 4 are almost same with same design fired on lifted trajectory to increase range as Agni 4.
That leaves India with only 3 fat Prithvi with no multi launch capabilities as Prithvi is too fat and liquid fueled.
And 3 types of Agni. Total 6 types of Ballistic missiles?
On the other hand Pakistan has Ghauri 1 and Ghauri 2. Then 4 types of shaheen and then Nasr,Abdali and Ghaznavi.
Total 7 types of Ballistic missiles deployed,considering Ghauri 1 and 2 same with different ranges.
Shaheen's status unknown if still deployed or withdrawn, but Shaheen-1, Shaheen-1A and Shaheen 2 deployed. Then Nasr,Abdali,Ghaznavi.
Total 7.
Yet we see Indians harping about their ballistic missile supremacy?
Eleven months after conducting a series of complex nuclear tests at Pokharan, India carried out yet another feat on April 11 by successfully test-firing an advanced Agni-II intermediate-range ballistic missile. The launch of the missile, which has a considerably enhanced range of over 2,000 km, took place from Wheeler Island off the Orissa coast. It was a perfect launch carried out without a single hitch. The splashdown took place in the designated zone in the Bay of Bengal.
Angi-II can carry a payload of one tonne, which is twice the estimated minimum weight of a nuclear warhead. And with reduced payload, say of 500 kg, its range could increase significantly.
India says that its nuclear and missile development programmes are not Pakistan-centric. The Pakistani threat is only a marginal factor in New Delhi's security calculus.
Agni is at the heart of deterrence in the larger context of Sino-Indian equation. What is more, Islamabad should have no reason to complain because of its having reached a fairly advanced stage in its missile programme. Its HATF-1 and HATF-II missiles and the M-11s from China are a case in point. India has reacted to Pakistani test-firing of its missiles recently with restraint and dignity.
2013
Agni –V: India reiterated its expertise in high end missile technology when the second test flight of over 5000 Km Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) Agni-V proved successful on 15th September. The missile designed by the DRDO and launched from Wheeler Island off Odisha Coast reached the pre-designed target point, over 5000 Km away, in the Indian Ocean, incorporated many indigenous technologies. These include the composite rocket motor, state-of-the-art avionics, 5th generation on-board computer distributed architecture, highly accurate laser Gyro-based Inertial Navigation System (RINS), reliable redundant micro-navigation system and the re-entry kit shield that withstands temperature of more than 4000 degrees Celsius ensuring that avionics function smoothly by maintaining an inside temperature less than 50 degrees Celsius.
After successful test firing of Agni-V, DRDO now aims for 10,000 Km range Inter –Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), which according to its Chief would be preceded by above 6000 Km range Agni-VI to be launched soon.
In the meantime the training and user trials of Agni-II, Agni-III and Agni-IV of varying ranges as well as supersonic 300 Km range BrahMos and Prithvi–II have been successfully accomplished in the year. All these missiles which were tested by the users, the Strategic Forces Command of Indian Army, in the presence of scientists and engineers of DRDO and other collaborating laboratories.
2014
Successful test trials of surface-to-air
Akash missile and induction of its Air Force version into IAF, successful launching of 5000 Km range
Agni-5, long range cruise missile
Nirbhay, user trials of
Prithvi-II, supersonic
BrahMos and beyond visual range missile
Astra were the hallmarks of this year’s achievement.
