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Getting reports that the first test of new 500-km SRBM "Pralay" was conducted today. More details awaited... @Nilgiri @Zapper anything?
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500 KMs and submarine launched , I don't know what will be the usefulness , but I am sure once its launched it will be very easy to track the sub . The real deterrent is K-4 and no one knows where it is.
Getting reports that the first test of new 500-km SRBM "Pralay" was conducted today. More details awaited... @Nilgiri @Zapper anything?
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Seems like revamp of drdo is now showing fruits and at a decent rateAny reason india is on a blitz speed testing missiles?
Not really...it depends on the individual lab/dept of DRDO and their missile dept has always been their shining starSeems like revamp of drdo is now showing fruits and at a decent rate
To be honest , now the requirement is of K4 and MIRV ( if we already have then we need to make it public)Not really...it depends on the individual lab/dept of DRDO and their missile dept has always been their shining star
Why would one want to make it public if it's ballistic in nature with the potential to carry nukes! They're used as a last resort which might very well result in total annihilation and we'd also want our adversaries to keep guessingTo be honest , now the requirement is of K4 and MIRV ( if we already have then we need to make it public)
India tests nuclear-capable Agni-4 missile
The ministry stated that the “launch validated all operational parameters as also reliability of the system”, and “reaffirms India's policy of having a Credible Minimum Deterrence Capability”.indianexpress.com
India conducted a “routine user training” launch test of its nuclear-capable Agni-4 missile on Monday, reaffirming the credible minimum deterrence capability. Agni and Prithvi are the country’s two main nuclear missiles.
“A successful training launch of an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile, Agni-4, was carried out at approximately 1930 hours [7.30 pm] on June 6 from APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha,” the Defence Ministry said in a statement. “The successful test was part of routine user training launches carried out under the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command.”
The ministry stated that the “launch validated all operational parameters as also reliability of the system”, and “reaffirms India’s policy of having a Credible Minimum Deterrence Capability”.
Agni-4 is an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile with a range of around 4,000 km. Developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), it can carry a 1,000-kg payload and can go as high as 900 km.
The Strategic Forces Command has earlier conducted user trials in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018. The Strategic Forces Command is operationally responsible for all of India’s nuclear assets. India can launch nuclear missiles from land, air and from submarines, and is one of the few countries that has the nuclear triad.
Pretty surprised India inducted Agni IV. I was under the impression that they skipped it and went to Agni V directly as Agni IV does not give any advantage over our adversaries. I mean Agni II and III already covers Pakistan. IV is an overkill and doesn't cover whole of China which the V does. So the SFC conducting routine training test means it has been operational for sometime.
I suppose Agni IV is useful platform to add and validate certain things on (for the family going forward at large)....compared to using a more expensive, much larger Agni III or V which ought to follow relatively more rare user trial regimen given their respective deterrence potentials currently.
It is also very mobile (w.r.t larger agni missiles)....and might occupy role like what such "fast strike" IRBMs (like pershing II) did in latter cold war.
Range deterrence is not the only factor.
Agni iv was actually a TD for agni v.Pretty surprised India inducted Agni IV. I was under the impression that they skipped it and went to Agni V directly as Agni IV does not give any advantage over our adversaries. I mean Agni II and III already covers Pakistan. IV is an overkill and doesn't cover whole of China which the V does. So the SFC conducting routine training test means it has been operational for sometime.