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hey guys,great news india and russia plan to export atleast a 1000 brahmos cruise missiles and malaysia may be the first export customer.

here check out this link and article:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_Russia_may_export_1000_BrahMos/articleshow/1410581.cms

NEW DELHI: The US used almost 800 cruise missiles for its attack on Iraq in 2003. Much cheaper and easier to operate than ballistic missiles, cruise missiles are rapidly becoming the preferred option to wage a war. So much so that there are around 80,000 cruise missiles in the inventories of 75 countries at this moment.

Keeping this "huge export potential" in mind, India and Russia now obviously want to rake in the moolah by selling at least 1,000 of the jointly-developed BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to "friendly" countries in the near future. The export version will basically be the anti-ship variant of the 290-km range BrahMos, already inducted into Indian Navy. Incidentally, the land-attack, air and submarine-launched versions of BrahMos are also in the pipeline for the Indian armed forces now.

But in the run-up to Russian president Vladimir Putin and defence minister Sergei Ivanov's visit this week, there has been some wrangling over the issue of exports. India is keen to jumpstart the process, with the global cruise missile market estimated to be worth around $10 billion in the coming decade, but there has been opposition from some quarters in Russia.

Ivanov, however, clarified in Bangalore on Tuesday that Russia was not opposed to selling BrahMos to some "specific third countries". In Delhi, top Indian and Russian officials also dismissed reports that Moscow had reservations on the matter.

They, in fact, asserted that a supervisory council of the two governments had already identified the countries concerned. Though they were reluctant to name them, TOI has earlier reported that talks had been held with Malaysia, Chile, South Africa, Kuwait and UAE in this regard.

"There is a huge market for cruise missiles. BrahMos is unique among cruise missiles due to its 2.8 Mach supersonic speed (all other cruise missiles are sub-sonic at present) and much-longer strike range. It's the ultimate force-multiplier," said BrahMos Aerospace chief A Sivanthanu Pillai.

G Leonov Alexander, first deputy director-general of NPO Mashinostroyenia, the Russian partner in the BrahMos Aerospace joint venture, in turn, said,"I hope we will be able to sell around 1,000 missiles to friendly countries very soon...Our prospects are very bright."

This will be a big step forward for India, which has so far imported cutting-edge military technology rather than exporting it. As reported earlier by TOI, India is already augmenting facilities at Hyderabad to take the production of BrahMos missiles from the existing dozen or so to at least 50 per year.

This will also help in its faster induction into the Indian forces, which have placed orders worth Rs 3,500 crore for the missile till now. What is interesting is that BrahMos Aerospace is even ready with the submarine-launched missile variant, which can be fired from an underwater depth of almost 60 metres.

The work has centred around the Russian Amur-1650 submarines, a frontrunner for India’s second line of submarines after the French Scorpenes.

"Once BrahMos is installed, it will be the first diesel submarine to have vertically-launched strike missiles," said Pillai.

Meanwhile, with frontline warships like Rajput-class destroyers having already been equipped with BrahMos vertical launch systems, Army is now gearing up to induct the "precision-strike" land-attack version by converting three of its light artillery regiments into BrahMos missile regiments. Each regiment will have four mobile autonomous launchers on 12x12 Tatra vehicles and mobile command posts.

"We are planning to give deliveries to the Indian Army this year itself. The work on the air-launched version for Sukhoi-30MKIs, with a reduction in the size and weight of the booster, will be finished by 2008," said chairman of the BrahMos board of directors, A Dergachev Alexander.
 
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hey guys,interesting news ,it seems that india and russia are to jointly develop a hypersonic version of the brahmos cruise missiles capable of speeds of 5 to 7 mach.

here check out these links and articles:

http://www.idrw.org/index.php?categoryid=1&p2_articleid=635

The Indo-Russian Inter-governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation, chaired by the defence ministers of the two countries on Wednesday, cleared the development of a hypersonic cruise missile that can fly anywhere between five to seven times the speed of sound. The two sides also signed a latter of intent on jointly developing a multi-role transport aircraft, and decided to further explore joint development of the fifth generation fighters based on a Sukhoi design. The hypersonic missile would be the second stage of BrahMos, the joint venture supersonic cruise missile, that already is a huge success and is one of its kind in the world. Russian defence minister Sergei Ivanov said the two sides have given clearance for the production of the cruise missile of next generation under the BrahMos joint venture. But what he didn’t say was that the next phase would be an ambitious project that would challenge the scientific abilities of the military scientists of the two countries. With a speed between five and seven times sound, sources said the hypersonic cruise missile would be a “dream jump.” Already an imaginary drawing of such a missile exists with the BrahMos Aerospace. The proposed speed and precision of the next generation BrahMos would make it more difficult to develop an effective anti-missile system for adversaries. Calling BrahMos a successful chapter in Indo-Russian defence relations, AK Antony said he would like to see more such ventures in future. The two sides signed a letter of intent on the development of a multi-role transport aircraft and for the licensed production of RD-33 engines for the MIG-29 fighters, which would be manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. Russia made a strong pitch for the 126 Multi Role Combat Aircraft deal of the IAF offering its MiG-35 fighters. On India participating in the fifth generation fighter project of Russia, Ivanov said, We can now open up contractual work for Indian accession to the project.
 
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hey guys,check out this interesting article,it contains some valuable information on the indian missile defence programme.

here is the link and the article:

http://news.monstersandcritics.com/...4161.php/BMD_Watch_THAAD_succeeds_in_new_test

India Plans Patriot-Type Test for Prithvi

India`s BMD engineers, riding high after their first successful test of the Prithvi anti-ballistic missile interceptor in November, are now planning an equally ambitious lower attitude test of the system in June, Defense News reported Monday.
'When an Indian interceptor rocket rammed a ballistic target some 50 kilometers (30 miles) above Ballasore in the eastern part of the country on Nov. 27, it demonstrated a capability that is potentially similar to Israel`s Arrow-2,' Defense News said, citing Indian officials.
In June, 'India will attempt to mimic the U.S. Patriot Advanced Capability-3 system with a lower-altitude test of the Prithvi Air Defence (PAD) system,' the report said.
If successful, the June test would give India the prospect of developing its own reliable anti-ballistic missile interceptor that could give Delhi the two-tiered protection of the Patriot and Arrow systems combined.
Vijay Kumar Saraswat, the veteran engineer who is the visionary driving force of the Indian BMD program in the nation`s Defence Research and Development Organization, told Defense News that if the June test was successful it would put India in the same league as Russia and the United States, the two nations with the most advanced and reliable anti-ballistic missile systems.
Saraswat told Defense News the PAD had 'two intercept modes, each designed to hit a target within four minutes: exo-atmospheric, or above 50 kilometers (30 miles); and endo-atmospheric, or lower than about 30 kilometers (18 miles),' the report said.
Defense News said the PAD`s main sensor 'for exo-atmospheric intercepts' was the 360-mile range Israeli-built Green Pine radar. 'India imported two Green Pines three years ago, one in operating condition and one as a kit that it assembled,' Defense News said.
The report said the PAD`s interceptor rocket was 'powered by a liquid-fueled first stage that uses two propellants and oxidizers, and a solid-fuel second stage with a gas thruster that can turn the rocket at more than five Gs. The missile carries active radar sensors to guide it to its target.'
'The system includes one radar that tracks both the incoming missile and the outgoing interceptor, another that helps classify the incoming weapon and sends data to the interceptor batteries, command-and-control computers, and a transmitter to help guide the interceptors,' Defense News said, citing another DRDO scientist.
 
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hey guys,great news ,india and russia are now to work on a hypersonic version of the brahmos cruise missile,this has been stated by none other than dr sivathanu pillai,the director of the brahmos corporation.

here check out this link and article:

http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=447862


India, Russia working towards hypersonic cruise missiles

TIRUCHIRAPALLI, FEB 1 (PTI)
India and Russia are working jointly to explore possibilities of developing a more advanced weapon system than BrahMos -- probably a Hypersonic Cruise Missile, BrahMos Aerospace CEO and Managing Director A Sivathanu Pillai said today.
Talking to reporters here, Pillai said, "Now we are the leaders in supersonic missile system with the successful development of Brahmos Cruise Missiles."
To sustain the leadership, some work should be started, for which both the Russian and Indian governments have given their initial clearance, he added.
Pillai, who is also the Chief Controller of Research and Development wing of DRDO, said the works were in progress in this regard.
"Many countries will come forward to develop new products, which could be better than Brahmos. We can survive only by competitiveness and we don't want to be a second nation", he said.
In order to prepare ourselves to face the challenges, India is thinking now itself to configure a new weapon system, which would be more advanced than Brahmos and at the same time the best product.

The firing could be done either from a capable submarine or from a Pontoon (a structure like submarine with a platform of over 50 to 60 metre depth from the surface of the water).

As of now Indian Navy submarines do not possess the requisite capability. Discussions were on with the Indian Navy and other agencies to install the required provisions in their submarines, he said.
Although, a time-frame could not be defined for this, he was hopeful that a suitable platform would be ready at the earliest, enabling the conduct of the test.
The production of the army version of the missile was in full swing and similarly the naval version missiles were getting inducted into all fleets. Air-version exercises were already over.
Both the countries have discussed on the export of BrahMos missiles, he said without divulging the names of the friendly countries. He was confident that the export process would commence soon as the issue has been sorted out and Russia has already collated the list of countries.
 
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hey guys,great news here,brahmos cruise missile has been successfully test fired once ,this time undertaking a complex sharp s manouevre.

here check out this link and article:

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200702041421.htm

Brahmos cruise missile test fired

Balasore, Feb. 4 (PTI): The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was test fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near here today.
After a vertical lift-off at 12.15 pm from launch pad number three at the ITR, 15 km from here, the surface-to- surface missile rose into the sky leaving behind a ribbon of white smoke, defence sources said.
"The launch was successful but we will have to analyse data for making an evaluation," a source said.
The launch was carried out from a mobile launcher, with an indigenously built multi-axle Tatra truck serving as the base platform.
The trajectory of the missile's flight was tracked by sophisticated instruments and radars on a ship located close to the point of impact in the Bay of Bengal, the sources said.
The Brahmos -- named after the Brahmaputra and Moskva rivers -- was developed by a joint venture company set up by India and Russia following an agreement signed by the two countries on February 12, 1998.
Since its first test on June 12, 2001 from the ITR complex, it has undergone a dozen successful trials.
Brahmos has a range of 290 km with a speed faster than that of sound. It can travel at Mach 2.8 to 3 and carry a conventional warhead of 200 to 300 kg, sources said.
The two-stage missile is powered by a solid propellant booster and a liquid propellant ramjet system.
The eight-metre sleek missile, weighing three tonnes, is configured so that it can be launched from land, ships, submarines and fighter aircraft.
The BrahMos was jointly produced by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Russia's NPO Mashnistroyemia under the project named PJ-10.
An industrial complex has been set up at Hyderabad to manufacture the missile.
Brahmos Aerospace CEO A Sivathanu Pillai was present during today's launch. He recently said India was preparing to test the submarine version of the Brahmos by the end of the year.
 
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hey guys,realy worrisome news here,it seems that india faces a serious threat from short ranged ballistic missiles and needs to develop a strong defence against them.

here check out this link and article:

http://ia.rediff.com/news/2007/feb/15missile1.htm

United States missile experts on Thursday said India, like NATO and Japan, should become a development partner in the American missile defence system that was far superior to any other such system.
Peter J Mantle and Dennis Dale Cavin said Japan had become a co-producing partner in the Patriot PAC III anti-missile shield and would start receiving missile batteries by 2010.
"Our government has made a classified presentation on the system to India and we as the industry were eager to follow through on it to explore possibilities of a government-to-government agreement," Cavin told PTI.
"We look forward to India also joining as the co-partner in development of the missile shield," top missile executive of the Lockheed-Martin said.
Taking part in a Roundtable discussion on 'Making decision on missile defence' organised by the Observer Research Foundation here in which Indian defence scientists also took part, the experts said India was facing a serious threat from short-range missiles and the government would have to take a decision on anti-missile defence.
Mantle, an eminent American missile expert, said in taking a decision on a missile defence system, the government would have to choose which areas had to be covered by the anti-missile shield.
"It would have to be government and military nerve centre, nuclear power plants and centres of economic growth generations", he said.
"In US, topmost priority in missile defence is given to military command and control centres along with government seats of power," Mantle said, arguing that as the system was very expensive its installation had to be graded.
He said to counter threat from short-range missiles, which gave very little reaction time, it was essential to counter them by a very high speed anti-missile and the Patriot PAC III system has these capabilities.
Mantle said American scientists were currently working on developing a multi-purpose missile defence system that could tackle the threat not only from land-based missiles, but also ship and submarine launched missiles as well as cruise missile and salvos fired from UAVs.
The American missile experts said that to contend with threats from Pakistan and China, India would need a system combining the high speed PAC III and THAD systems.
Former Army Chief Gen V P Malik and former Director General of Artillery Lt Gen R S Nagra said notwithstanding the recent success of the DRDO interceptor missile, India would have to take a quick decision on going for the ballistic missile defence system.
 
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hey guys,great news here,it seems that india is developing a hypersonic reusable missile capable of flying at a speed of mach4 attacking the target with a warhead and returning back top base.

here check out this link and article:

http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/16/stories/2007021603201400.htm

Hypersonic reusable missile next: Pillai

Special Correspondent
It will attack the target and return to base, he says



VISAKHAPATNAM: After successfully testing and absorbing into the defence system the world leader — 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile — India is all set to develop a more advanced hypersonic reusable missile, which will go to target, deliver the warhead (attack the target) and return to the base.
"We are studying the project and the missile system, when developed, could cruise to the enemy's target at a maximum speed of mach-4," said A. Sivathanu Pillai, BrahMos Aerospace Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director. He was addressing students of the Andhra University College of Engineering on "Indian Aerospace Programme - present and future." Mach is the speed of sound and one Mach is approximately 1,238 km per hour at sea level (the speed of sound depends upon the atmosphere through which it travels).
While BrahMos is the supersonic cruise missile, which travels at 2.8-3 Mach, the new missile may travel at 4 Mach, which is why it is called hypersonic.
Dr. Pillai said there were plans to develop hyper planes for defence forces, which could travel four times faster than sound.
Prithvi missile

Referring to advances in the rocket and missile system, thanks to the efforts of Indian space scientists, Dr. Pillai said the Prithvi missile was the first in the world which had a manoeuvrable trajectory and could be made to hit the target precisely, avoiding all the defensive mechanisms deployed by the enemy.
The Nag missile was a "fire and forget" weapon which the operator need not keep guiding. He could be sure that the target would be destroyed. On the mission to the moon, Dr. Pillai said everything was going in the right direction.
 
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aaaditya said:
The Nag missile was a "fire and forget" weapon which the operator need not keep guiding. He could be sure that the target would be destroyed. On the mission to the moon, Dr. Pillai said everything was going in the right direction.
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Heard that the IA has problem with the range of Nag???Was that problem sorted out???
Also is the IIR seeker for Nag ready??Last heard, it was going in for user trials..
 
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vedang said:
Heard that the IA has problem with the range of Nag???Was that problem sorted out???
Also is the IIR seeker for Nag ready??Last heard, it was going in for user trials..
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the problem is that the indian army is not being able to make up its mind as to what specifications it wants from the nag missiles,according to their original specifications they wanted nag to be a third generation 4km range fire and forget missile for use from land based vehicles and helicopters,however when the certifications of the missile was completed ,they suddenly changed their requirements ,now they want the nag to have a range of 7 kms ,hence drdo is now working to increase the range of the nag to 7 kms.

the iir(imaging infra red radar) seeker for the nag was ready and certified a long time back ,however the problem is with the mmr( millimetric wave radar) seeker ,drdo is struggling to develop this seeker,hence they are planning to acquire mmr seekers and their technology from mbda of france or israel (i believe that mbda has been selected).
 
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hey guys,interesting news here,it seems that the south african navy is interested in acquisition of the indo-russian brahmos supersonic cruise missiles.

here check out this link:

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=139&art_id=vn20070224084217393C729147

The French anti-ship "Exocet missile was too slow to penetrate modern air defences and too short-ranged to allow the mothership adequate stand-off to evade detection and response … Some commentators have criticised the choice of the Exocet ... because of its lack of land-attack ability ... Others have hammered the system for its age (developed in 1967), its low relative speed and small warhead, compared with some more modern systems such as the Indo-Russian BrahMos," which was touted to the SAN at last year's Africa Aerospace and Defence show in Cape Town.

Heitman suspected the SAN had bought one Exocet and leased the rest, but would upgrade to the latest, longer-range (173km) model, which had land-attack capabilities. The SAN was also interested in the supersonic 300km-range BrahMos cruise missile.
 
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hey guys,interesting news here,it seems that the south african navy is interested in acquisition of the indo-russian brahmos supersonic cruise missiles.

here check out this link:

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=139&art_id=vn20070224084217393C729147

The French anti-ship "Exocet missile was too slow to penetrate modern air defences and too short-ranged to allow the mothership adequate stand-off to evade detection and response … Some commentators have criticised the choice of the Exocet ... because of its lack of land-attack ability ... Others have hammered the system for its age (developed in 1967), its low relative speed and small warhead, compared with some more modern systems such as the Indo-Russian BrahMos," which was touted to the SAN at last year's Africa Aerospace and Defence show in Cape Town.

Heitman suspected the SAN had bought one Exocet and leased the rest, but would upgrade to the latest, longer-range (173km) model, which had land-attack capabilities. The SAN was also interested in the supersonic 300km-range BrahMos cruise missile.
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Hmm another believer in the "if it's faster it's obviously better" ideology. I wonder why NATO Countries aren't developing supersonic ASM's and land attack missiles if they are so superior?

They are clearly developing new ASM's and land attack missiles (Scalp/Storm Shadow, Scalp Naval, Tauras KEPD 350, NSM, Marte Mk2, Harpoon Block II, JASSM, SLAM-ER, Tactom Block IV, Exocet MM-/39/40 Block III etc). Why aren't they being designed as supersonics if it's such an advantage?

Once again, there's a bit more than meets the eye here methinks, and none of it is releaseable publicly...
 
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hey guys,great news here,india is to trble the production of the brahmos cruise missiles.

here check out this link and article:

http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/18/stories/2007031805011000.htm


KOCHI: India is going to treble the production of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile.
"We plan to increase the production of the missile system by 300 per cent in the next two years," A. Sivathanu Pillai, chief executive officer and managing director of BrahMos Aerospace, told reporters on Friday.
Dr. Pillai, who is also the chief controller of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), noted that BrahMos, already inducted into the Navy, was a world-class cruise missile. The Defence services required more number of the missile.
Dr. Pillai said there were plans for exporting the missile, too. He pointed out that the country had a huge potential for exporting defence products, particularly to Asian countries. India was a top manufacturer of sonar systems and these could be a key export item.
He said DRDO and other Defence units had in the recent years jacked up their partnership with private sector industries. Defence outsourcing was set to get a boost in the coming years. "Gone are the days when we partnered with only public sector undertakings," he said. Now, the private-public distinction had vanished.
"Whoever is capable of meeting our needs, whether public or private, will be picked up." Performance and the capacity to deliver the goods on time were the main criteria. The Government had taken a policy decision to partner with industry. This was mainly because Indian industry was doing very well now and they were capable of making top-class supplies on time. Dr. Pillai, who presided at an industry-NPOL (Naval Physical Oceanographic Laboratory) interface, the first of its kind, here on Friday, urged the industry to partner with the Defence services. He told industrialists that the Navy was going to build many ships and submarines, which might together be worth around Rs. 3,000 crores. This was a wonderful opportunity for the industry. "We are ready to work with you; are you ready?" he asked.
 
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hey guys,interesting news here ,it seems that multiple test fires of the indigenously designed astra air to air missile and the dhanush naval surface to surface missiles is to be carried out ,in the coming week.

here check out this link and article:

http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/001200703231860.htm

Astra missile to be tested on Monday

Balasore, March. 23 (PTI): India's indigenously developed beyond visual range Astra missile is slated to be tested from a range at Chandipur near here on March 26.
Hectic preparations are on for the fourth test-firing of the air-to-air missile from the integrated test range, 15 km from here, defence sources said.
There was also the possibility of another launch the next day, they said.
A team of scientists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from Hyderabad and ITR have been busy for the last couple of days to give the preparations the final touches.
The missile was first launched on May 9, 2003 from ITR and the second and third trials were conducted on May 11 and May 12, 2003, at the same range. The Balasore district administration, at a meeting with ITR authorities, have decided to shift over 6,100 people, including around 1,800 children, belonging to 826 families of six villages living within a radius of 2.5 km of the launch site to four temporary shelters on the date of the launch.

and also check out this link:

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/43462.html
 
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India successfully test-fires Agni-III

India successfully test-fires Agni-III
12 Apr, 2007 1126hrs

BALASORE: India on Thursday test-fired its nuclear capable intermediate range ballistic missile Agni-III from the Interim Test Range (ITR) at the Wheeler's Island in the Bay of Bengal off the Orissa coast.

The indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile, blasted off at 10.52 am (IST) from a fixed platform with the help of an auto launcher in the launch complex-4 of the ITR, located about 72 km from here, defence sources said.

The sleek missile vertically roared into the clear sky leaving behind a thick column of white and yellow smoke, eyewitness accounts said.:india

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_s...how/1896438.cms
 
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So far two of best reports,

From correspondents in Delhi, India, 12:03 AM IST

Indian scientists successfully tested a fire-and-forget Agni-III Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) Thursday.

Fired from the Wheeler Island in the Bay of Bengal on India's eastern coast, the missile reached its designated target in 15 minutes in the Indian Ocean, proving the success of the Made-in-India propulsion and guidance systems, Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokesman Sitanshu Kar told IANS.

He did not say how far the dummy target was but indications are that it was around 3,000-km away, and the impact of the missile's kinetic energy and the explosion of the single, conventional warhead had the desired result.

'It was a textbook launch with precision hit,' Kar said adding that ground control did not guide the missile although stations along India's eastern coast, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and two naval ships monitored the flight path.

Details are likely to be made public after the test parameters are assessed and a report of the newly acquired capability is submitted to the government.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Defence Minister A.K. Antony, Minister of State for Defence Pallam Raju, Defence Secretary Shekhar Dutt and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) head M. Natarajan congratulated the team of scientists behind the test.

The test was 'an impressive illustration of the indigenous capacity developed by our scientists and technologists in mastering strategic high technologies essential for maintaining the nation's defence and security', the prime minister said in his message.

Antony said the 'Agni-III test has confirmed India's strategic capability for a minimum credible deterrence'.

Defence sources told IANS that Indian scientists were working on putting multiple warheads on the missile.

There is a substantial use of lightweight carbon composite materials in the two-stage Agni-III, but after some more tests and further development, its weight would be reduced to give it multiple warhead capability.

The 16-metre Agni-III weighed 48 tonnes and carried a warhead of 1.5 tonnes.

An IRBM is a missile with 3,000 to 5,000 km range, while missiles with longer reach are designated Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBMs). There are nearly a dozen types of IRBMs in the world, including with North Korea and China, who shared their technology with Pakistan and Iran as well.

The missile can be launched from various platforms, including from submarines if their size is compatible. As India is already working on submarine-launched BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, it should not be a very difficult task to achieve submarine-launched IRBM capability.

Thursday's test, however, was conducted from a specially-built, mobile railway pad, indicating that it would be deployed in numbers from east to west to ensure secondary strike capability as part of the country's No-First-Use-But-Massive-Retaliation policy.

'The trajectory of Agni-III was computed by the onboard computer system based on the launch and target coordinates. During the flight, the missile had no communication with the ground systems and was fully 'intelligent' to reach its designated target,' a defence ministry statement said.

'The entire flight of approximately 15 minutes validated all mission objectives, primarily to establish the performance of the two-stage propulsion system and the flexible nozzle control system developed by DRDO scientists for the very first time,' it said.

Speaking after the launch, Natarajan made a specific reference to the high degree of self-reliance achieved with Agni-III as most of its sub-systems have been developed within the country.

Referring to the failure of the previous Agni-III test, he said: 'With this success, the design team is happy that the problems faced in the previous attempt on July 9 last year have been fully understood and solved.'

According to mission director Avinash Chander, Thursday's test had proven many of the technologies developed by DRDO.

These included the flexible nozzle controls of the rocket motor during the powered phase, the specially developed composite propellant for the rocket, guidance and control systems with inbuilt fault tolerant avionics, and the withstanding of the severe aero-thermal environment experienced during the re-entry phase, as also coordinated mission management.

Agni means fire in Hindi. Two shorter-range versions of namesake missiles are already in deployment.

Agni-III is the most advanced of the Agni series of missiles. It carries fuel both for propulsion and mid-course corrections if required to fine-tune itself with pre-programmed target coordinates.

Agni-I is a 750-800 km short-range missile while Agni-II has a range of more than 1,500 km
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And this which is from MOD release,


12:15 IST
Indian scientists today achieved a major milestone in missile technology when they successfully conducted the flight test of the Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) – AGNI III from the Wheeler Island, off the coast of Orissa at 10.50 this morning. The 16 meter long missile weighing 48 tonnes, lifted off successfully from its Rail Mobile Launcher System leaving a trail of orange and yellow smoke. The missile which has a range of more than 3000 kms is capable of carrying a pay load of 1.5 Tonnes. The trajectory of AGNI III is computed by the onboard computer system based on the launch and target coordinates. During the flight the missile has no communication with the ground systems and is autonomous and fully `intelligent’ to reach its designated target. With this success, the design team is happy that the problems faced in the previous attempt on July 09 last year has been fully understood and solved.

The entire flight path of approx 15 minutes duration validated all mission objectives primarily to establish the performance of the two stage propulsion in flight and the flex nozzle control system being attempted by DRDO scientists for the very first time. The flight was tracked from ground stations at Dhamra, ITR, Balasore, Port Blair and two Indian Naval ships in the Indian Ocean. Shri M Natarajan, Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri made a specific reference to the achievement of high degree of self reliance in AGNI III, as most of the sub systems have been developed within the country with the synergy between DRDO – Industry (both Public and Private sector) and Academia. As per the Mission Director, Shri Avinash Chander, many “firsts” have been established by this launch, which includes the Flex Nozzle Controls of Rocket Motor during powered phase, specially developed composite propellant with high specific impulse for the rocket. Guidance and Control with built in fault tolerant avionics, withstanding of severe aero thermal environment experienced during the Re-entry phase and coordinated mission management.

The Defence Minister Shri AK Antony has congratulated the defence scientists on the successful launch and for achieving another important milestone in self-reliance in this critical strategic system. He also stated that India has matured in the missile technology area and was definitely at par with many other developed countries. AGNI III has confirmed India’s Strategic capability for minimum credible deterrence. Today’s historic event was witnessed by Shri Pallam Raju, Raksha Rajya Mantri, Shri M Natarajan, SA to RM and a host of senior officials of Ministry of Defence and Services.
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And ofcourse the so far the best information is from ,which already said all these before the test.

http: //www. bharat-rakshak.com/MISSILES/Agni. html

The Rv MK2 unlik many RV's embodies proposition, navigation and control all the way to the target as well.

the range as per MOD release earlier "over 3000 kms" with 1.8 tonne payload with decoys, my suspicion the range is no less than 5k~5.5k (Russian source and some other); with respectable payload.

Next step, Add the third stage a 2m DIA rocket and get ready to...:cool:
 
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