K5 test likely to be conduct in jan

[jaiind]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1079007091006849029

 

[YeBeWarned]

what's the range of K5 ?

 

[SunilM]

what's the range of K5 ?

A SLBM with a 5000 km range in 'depressed' trajectory !!

Ps. To be fitted on the S4.

 

[jaiind]

what's the range of K5 ?

it has classified enough range to cover entire asia

 

[Quibbler]

what's the range of K5 ?

I dont think we will ever declare our missile range to be greater than 5000 Km. Simply because anything greater than that covers Europe and raises unnecessary questions and 5000 km is sufficient to cover our existing adversaries.

 

[Safriz]

K-5 does not have MIRV.
Its only 1.4 meters wide and that too narrow for MIRV.

 

[kris]

I dont think we will ever declare our missile range to be greater than 5000 Km. Simply because anything greater than that covers Europe and raises unnecessary questions and 5000 km is sufficient to cover our existing adversaries.

A submarine is highly mobile and so the range of missile.. so that logic doesn't qppla here

 

[Safriz]

 

[Safriz]

Oh sorry. Read the tweet wrong.
It's not claiming K-5 to be MIRV , it's sayosa so about another upcoming missile.

 

[kaykay]

K-5 does not have MIRV.
Its only 1.4 meters wide and that too narrow for MIRV.

MIRV is not planned for K-5. Agni-6 and K-6 will have those.

 

[BringHarmony]

Wrong. It is possible to have a MIRV with conical head.
Peacekeeper comes to mind.

https://fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/icbm/lgm-118.htm

Polaris also comes to mind :

It is a 3 warhead missile.

Its only 1.4 meters wide and that too narrow for MIRV.

It is still possible. The last stage could be made wider. A certain Pakistani missile is trying the same.

 

[Safriz]

Wrong. It is possible to have a MIRV with conical head.
Peacekeeper comes to mind.

https://fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/icbm/lgm-118.htm

Polaris also comes to mind :

It is a 3 warhead missile.


It is still possible. The last stage could be made wider. A certain Pakistani missile is trying the same.

Look closely. The nose cone you show are elliptical not triangular.
Pakistani Ababeel is 1.8 meters wide not 1.4.

 

[BringHarmony]

Look closely. The nose cone you show are elliptical not triangular.

Its not elliptical by any stretch of imagination, At worst you can consider it biconic, ie combination of two cones.

Pakistani Ababeel is 1.8 meters wide not 1.4.

And what difference does that make? What stops a 1.4 meter wide missile to have a bulge like Pakistani missile is having, albeit a larger one. BTW, how do you know that missile in question is 1.4 meter wide?

 

[amardeep mishra]

K-5 does not have MIRV.
Its only 1.4 meters wide and that too narrow for MIRV.

Hi shaheen, in all likely hood K5 is going to have a 2m diameter. The assumption that they'll have 1.4m dia is not correct because k4 already has that dia and there's only so much range you can extract from that system without radically changing the propellant. HEMRL is working on NEPE based propellant with higher ISPs

 

[Safriz]

Hi shaheen, in all likely hood K5 is going to have a 2m diameter. The assumption that they'll have 1.4m dia is not correct because k4 already has that dia and there's only so much range you can extract from that system without radically changing the propellant. HEMRL is working on NEPE based propellant with higher ISPs

2m diamond is too big a hole for small indiaI Submarines.