Saraswat: Agni-V will be test-fired in 2011

[sudhir007]

Saraswat: Agni-V will be test-fired in 2011

Agni-V, the inter-continental ballistic missile being developed in India, will be test-fired in 2011, director-general of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) V.K. Saraswat, said here on Sunday.

“Agni-V should be ready to be test-fired anytime next year. It is an intermediate-range ballistic missile,” said the Scientific Advisor to the Ministry of Defence.

Agni-V will be a three-stage solid fuelled missile that will carry a conventional nuclear warhead. It will reportedly have a range of more than 5,000 km. It will be a canisterised missile, providing it flexibility, to be launched from multiple platforms on land and sea.

“Over the past 15 years, the successful launches of the Prithvi, Agni and BrahMos missiles have proved that the country’s missile programme has reached a mature level,” Dr. Saraswat said.

The DRDO is also working on the next version of the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos, he added. Dr. Saraswat was speaking to journalists on the sidelines of an interactive session between academicians, policy makers and the industry, organised by the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI).

The ISI and the DRDO signed a memorandum of collaboration for a Rs. 9.7 crore-project to be executed over the next five years on the security of information at installations and networks of the DRDO. “The project involves indentifying high-end security solutions for government installations and our information network.”

Dr. Saraswat said there were two operations in information security — offensive and defensive — and that the DRDO was currently working on defensive solutions, which it considered essential.

 

[Urbanized Greyhound]

the GOI should not limit its range to only 5000 km......for deterrence purposes it should have been 8000 ideally......most of the strategic assets of China like all major economic cities are far near the eastern coasts .....and the missiles and silos constructed in Tibet are aimed at all our major cities just beyond our border.....silos constructed near the LAC in the northeast run a heavy risk of being destroyed in an all out first strike......

 

[Dash]

the GOI should not limit its range to only 5000 km......for deterrence purposes it should have been 8000 ideally......most of the strategic assets of China like all major economic cities are far near the eastern coasts .....and the missiles and silos constructed in Tibet are aimed at all our major cities just beyond our border.....silos constructed near the LAC in the northeast run a heavy risk of being destroyed in an all out first strike......

5000 Kms is just fine. Anything more than this will term us an aggressive country, which is not good.

 

[Urbanized Greyhound]

5000 Kms is just fine. Anything more than this will term us an aggressive country, which is not good.

while I agree that international opinion is vital for us........however when faced with a rapidly rising adversary on our eastern flank....with absolutely no qualms about military modernisation ....and with a military power which considerably exceeds ours we should not forsake our national interest.....and now considering our relationship with the west( I credit Indian diplomacy for this) even if we overtly increase our missile ranges ....hardly any nation in Europe or North America would consider our actions as a threat....the trust they evidently have for us as a responsible regional power is quite large......

 

[ek_indian]

the GOI should not limit its range to only 5000 km......for deterrence purposes it should have been 8000 ideally......most of the strategic assets of China like all major economic cities are far near the eastern coasts .....and the missiles and silos constructed in Tibet are aimed at all our major cities just beyond our border.....silos constructed near the LAC in the northeast run a heavy risk of being destroyed in an all out first strike......

Well....Let me give you an example of Agni3. It is having 3500 km range with 2490 kg payload. Add to this, renge extended by the technology developed by scientists which significantly enhances the range.

domain-b.com : Indigenous technology to increase range of Indian missiles by a third

Lastly, our payload need not to be the maximum. So going by the payload-range variance, we already have ICBM.

And we do not have to declare we have ICBM. It would attract unnecesary attraction/criticism. We also do not have any visible enemy that far away.

 

[Urbanized Greyhound]

And we do not have to declare we have ICBM. It would attract unnecesary attraction/criticism

^ but sir I still think that we should openly declare the range....and put rest to all the speculation and doubts once and for all....with china's modifying their DF 4's and DF 21 ( intermediate range) missiles stationed in silos in Tibet and what with their public testing of an ASAT( taken in every quarter as a demonstration of their missile prowess rather than an ability to knock out spy sats)....and i suspect this would have been the case if the NDA had been in power after the Chinese test.....our diplomatic skills should be matured and strong enough for us to handle the after math ......
for instance till the late nineties the entire Agni program attracted western criticism as being too provocative with even "Australia !!! repeatedly calling on the vajpayee administration to suspend or end it......something quite unbelievable in current times.....

 

[Camdor]

the GOI should not limit its range to only 5000 km......for deterrence purposes it should have been 8000 ideally......most of the strategic assets of China like all major economic cities are far near the eastern coasts .....and the missiles and silos constructed in Tibet are aimed at all our major cities just beyond our border.....silos constructed near the LAC in the northeast run a heavy risk of being destroyed in an all out first strike......

its range is not just 5000km world knows it, how much it is only we know it. Officially we do not decalre the maximum range. Declaration of arbitary Range is related to the perception of threat.

But I agree with you, that range should be minimum more than 5000km because these missiles can be launched from submarines hence it increases our second strike capability when we launch them from corner of our southern islands targetting China. So even the ICBMs can be used for visible enemy

 

[SpArK]

We already got ICBM 40 years ago. How come India took so long just to reach 5,000km?

Why you guys are so afraid of China?

Slow and steady wins the race.

 

[Honor]

Slow and steady wins the race.

I do not quite agree with slow and steady win the race. That's a child time story.

 

[Patrician]

We already got ICBM 40 years ago. How come India took so long just to reach 5,000km?

Why you guys are so afraid of China?

 

[ek_indian]

^ but sir I still think that we should openly declare the range....and put rest to all the speculation and doubts once and for all....with china's modifying their DF 4's and DF 21 ( intermediate range) missiles stationed in silos in Tibet and what with their public testing of an ASAT( taken in every quarter as a demonstration of their missile prowess rather than an ability to knock out spy sats)....and i suspect this would have been the case if the NDA had been in power after the Chinese test.....our diplomatic skills should be matured and strong enough for us to handle the after math ......
for instance till the late nineties the entire Agni program attracted western criticism as being too provocative with even "Australia !!! repeatedly calling on the vajpayee administration to suspend or end it......something quite unbelievable in current times.....

And what purpose it serve to declate so? Indian is working in what it deem necessary.
Aprt from the "yes we have it too"....it is of no use. That too, when we have it.

 

[IndianArmy]

We already got ICBM 40 years ago. How come India took so long just to reach 5,000km?

Why you guys are so afraid of China?

I remember President Kennedy's words once he was asked the difference between the Atlas space launch vehicle that put John Glenn into orbit and an Atlas missile aimed at the Soviet Union. He
answered with a one-word pun, “Attitude”.

How Long will it take a a PSLV to be an ICBM , especially when the SLV could Become Agni???

 

[Markus]

The ISI and the DRDO signed a memorandum

I hate those 3 letters. Change the name of the statistical institute.

To newbies: ISI and DRDO have really formed a union, trust me!

 

[Honor]

I remember President Kennedy's words once he was asked the difference between the Atlas space launch vehicle that put John Glenn into orbit and an Atlas missile aimed at the Soviet Union. He
answered with a one-word pun, “Attitude”.

How Long will it take a a PSLV to be an ICBM , especially when the SLV could Become Agni???

Well, that's a American president saying...... They can put both into uses.

What about Indian???

Can they? Or when can they?

 

[Honor]

My simple words are for those peoples comments earlier... Just stating the facts..

See how you view it.