Stage set for longer range Surya

[Kloitra]

Why exactly does India feel it needs a ballistic missile with a range greater than 5500km? What threat to counter?

Officially its 6000 km, 10000 would be an exaggeration. Besides, capability required is to hit northern most city of China from southernmost point of India. Which is not achieved with Agni 5.

 

[duhastmish]

Why make more enemy, already trapped with enemy because of fate geography and stupid foreign policy. It will be preposterous decision.

 

[janon]

Why exactly does India feel it needs a ballistic missile with a range greater than 5500km? What threat to counter?

It is better to have a weapon and not need it, than to need a weapon and not have it.

 

[saurav]

Well...Surya is definitely on. Anyone who has seen the interview of the scientists after the A-5 launch, can easily conclude this. The whole team started laughing when the head scientist said : " I dont know what do you mean by Surya"..

 

[oFFbEAT]

It is better to have a weapon and not need it, than to need a weapon and not have it.

Exactly!!!!!!!!

 

[oFFbEAT]

Why exactly does India feel it needs a ballistic missile with a range greater than 5500km? What threat to counter?...

No country is planning to attack Netherlands right now.....why the Netherlands maintains an army??

 

[dekho]

It is better to have a weapon and not need it, than to need a weapon and not have it.

Sadly our government forgets this principle when the question is to equip our soldiers at borders with better equpment and guns.

Our nation will be safer if our soldiers get better equipment, not 10000km range missiles.

 

[janon]

Sadly our government forgets this principle when the question is to equip our soldiers at borders with better equpment and guns.

Our nation will be safer if our soldiers get better equipment, not 10000km range missiles.

Both have their purpose. If we did not have a single missile or nuke, but all our soldiers on the border were equipped with the best rifles and BPJs, it would not stop Pakistan from attacking us. After all, the best BPJs cannot do squat against the threat of a major city being vaporized by a missile. The only deterrent against such a threat, is a threat of our own, that we too have missiles that can vaporize their cities in turn. And similarly, in a border skirmish, ICBMs serve no purpose.

So it is not a question of one or the other. We need long range missiles with decent payloads to deter enemies equipped with the same from using such stuff against us. Our soldiers on the borders need the best equipment possible to defend themselves and be combat efficient.

 

[MehrotraPrince]

Why exactly does India feel it needs a ballistic missile with a range greater than 5500km? What threat to counter?

I think many tried their best to answer your query, I am not going to question their logic.
Suppose distance between New Delhi and Beijing is 5000 KM and in war situation Beijing is the primary target, so one need to have a missile of at least 5000 KM range but here comes the problem, enemy can easily locate and will try their best to destroy it. So one strategy is to neutralize your enemy's move by making all your missiles mobile, or protect them with multilayer ABM systems or just place them at different remote locations.

Remote location in Indian prospective means either south most of country or away from mainland, for which you need to have missiles of greater range, in fact far greater than 6000 KM. Second logic is Prevention is better than cure, in this political world friendship is not permanent.

 

[BLING]

NICE ! ! !

COOL

 

[Gessler]

Why exactly does India feel it needs a ballistic missile with a range greater than 5500km? What threat to counter?

No immediate threats beyond China. But when engaging with all major military powers of the world
in both economic and military-related aspects in a big way, it's only advisable to have deterrence
against all of them.

The major players out there are US, Russia, France, UK and China.

Beijing is already covered by Agni-4. Moscow is covered by Agni-5, yet Russia did not give out
any erratic response towards the test of A-5, which means they trust us as a responsible
missile power.

I don't see why France wouldn't give a similar, controlled response, since it's quite obvious we
are not looking to start hostility with anyone.

UK may not be too happy with India having a missile that can reach London, but I don't think post-2020,
UK would be much of a power to worry about.

Only thing is US, who's reaction to such a development could be unpredictable. But if their reaction to
testing of Agni-5, which can hit several important US military installations, is anything to go by, we
can always work a way around any differences.

 

[Tshering22]

Why exactly does India feel it needs a ballistic missile with a range greater than 5500km? What threat to counter?

You know, 'just in case'. More like an insurance actually. Besides, it gives us the added advantage of striking our obvious threats from any part of the country or its islands if needed be.

 

[IND151]

Officially its 6000 km, 10000 would be an exaggeration. Besides, capability required is to hit northern most city of China from southernmost point of India. Which is not achieved with Agni 5.

Right

Agni 6 with 6,000 To 6500/6800 KM range will be able to target almost all major cities in eastern China even from South India

 

[IND151]

Both have their purpose. If we did not have a single missile or nuke, but all our soldiers on the border were equipped with the best rifles and BPJs, it would not stop Pakistan from attacking us. After all, the best BPJs cannot do squat against the threat of a major city being vaporized by a missile. The only deterrent against such a threat, is a threat of our own, that we too have missiles that can vaporize their cities in turn. And similarly, in a border skirmish, ICBMs serve no purpose.

So it is not a question of one or the other. We need long range missiles with decent payloads to deter enemies equipped with the same from using such stuff against us. Our soldiers on the borders need the best equipment possible to defend themselves and be combat efficient.

Well put
@dekho> Germany produces one of the world's best MBTs and conventional subs, it has a giant economy, while same is not case Russia; their economy is barely half of the german one.

Still Russia is regarded as great power which has global influence

Her influence stems from two facts; one of which is UNSC seat and the 2nd fact is its Massive, Sophisticated ICBM arsenal

Do you understand the importance of ICBMs now?

 

[Ayush]

@Penguin - Think of it this way we all know that even Louis Van Gaal can take Bayern Munich to the Finals of the Champions League, were he coaching them but we all want Franz Beckenbauer in our dream team !

So are you a PSG, Ajax or a Feyenoord fan ?

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