Another trial of nuke-tipped Agni V next month

[Safriz]

This is a picture from some blog...
Point being,the nose cone will change in shape if AGNI is tested with MRV or MIRV

 

[Beerbal]

1. Operational A5 will be MIRV
2. This A5 will not have MIRV
3. MIRV will be tested on other platform first
4. Then MIRV will be tested with A5

Indian scientist don't have guts like Pakistani engineers, Indian engineers like to test multiple time before handing over.

 

[Safriz]

Or is that means you don't need to develope MRV when you are going to develope MIRV.I mean you can program RV to strike at same location in MIRV also.

MIRV carrying RV usually has an engine of its own.While an RV carrying 2-3 MRV dont need its own propulsion as it has to release warheads at short intervals.

But each country designs their own system,as these technologies are not transferred between countries.So its anybody's guess what type of RV india will go for.

 

[GR!FF!N]

great news..waiting for it..

hope they will test canisterised version of this missile.I think they willn't test MIRV this time as there is no news that they are readied yet..

by the way,missing sino challenger..last time,he predicted the exact time when the A-5 divulged from its path(according to his theory )..no one will be here for witnessing another failed launch of A-5..

 

[S-DUCT]

great news..waiting for it..

hope they will test canisterised version of this missile.I think they willn't test MIRV this time as there is no news that they are readied yet..

by the way,missing sino challenger..last time,he predicted the exact time when the A-5 divulged from its path(according to his theory )..no one will be here for witnessing another failed launch of A-5..

In test A-5 will be launched from canister tube.

 

[sweetgrape]

Designed to **** China!

Thank you, we are very flattered, but sorry, we have nothing customized to india..

 

[SirHatesALot]

Thank you, we are very flattered, but sorry, we have nothing customized to india..

why reply to the trolls

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Good news :O

 

[arcanon]

Thank you, we are very flattered, but sorry, we have nothing customized to india..

There are bigger fish than you in the ocean...I'll give you a hint Baseball and Vodka!

 

[Kloitra]

Can somebody provide any info, when was the first test of 'nuke-tipped Agni V'?

 

[IND151]

best luck to DRDO

 

[IND151]

things are happenings according to plan

The road-mobile launcher will be delivered in May. The canister is ready. The integrated test will start in June. We are aiming for the missile launch by the end of this year. Or maybe by the beginning of next year, because we have to do a number of tests and evaluate them.

http://www.defence.pk/forums/indian...-secrets-behind-agni-5-confirmation-mirv.html

 

[IND151]

Another trial of nuke-tipped Agni V next month - The New Indian Express


India is readying for the second developmental trial of 5,000-km range nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-V which put the country in the elite club of six nations including the US, the UK, China, France and Russia, having intercontinental ballistic missile capabilities.

Defense sources on Tuesday said the missile, considered as a “game-changer”, had been planned to be test-fired from the Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast any time in the third week of May. A successful launch of the missile would be another step forward towards its induction in the armed forces, possibly in 2015, though it has to undergo two more trials in the next couple of years.

The missile was first tested successfully on April 19 last year. While the preparation for the second test has already begun, officials are busy fixing the schedule and logistic issues since the missile has to traverse across the Indian Ocean. “Though the Union Cabinet has already given a go-ahead for the mission, the exact date of firing has not been fixed yet,” said a source. As the missile has the striking capabilities close to intercontinental range, prior to the test, an official said, India will have to alert a number of countries including Indonesia and Australia along with the international air and maritime traffic within the test zone.

Sources said a group of scientists associated with Agni-V missile would arrive here on Saturday to oversee the launch preparation. The DRDO is contemplating to conduct the trial by the end of next month as its chief and Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister V K Saraswat, who was instrumental in the success of missiles like Prithvi, Interceptors and even Agni-V, is retiring on May 31. The officials are also awaiting a warship from the Indian Navy to place the Israeli radar acquired recently.

The surface-to-surface canister-launched missile, which can carry a payload of 1.5 tonne, is 17-metre long, 2- metre wide and weighs around 50 tonnes. Initially tested for a single warhead, Agni-V would also feature Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicles (MIRVs) with each missile being capable of carrying two to 10 separate nuclear warheads. “Each warhead can be assigned to a different target, hundreds of kilometres from each other and two or more warheads can be assigned to one target. This technology is under development,” said the official.

Thanks for info

I think A 5 will have at max 3 warheads and Agni 6 will have up to 10 warheads(though till recently the info released says it can carry 4 to 6 warheads)

 

[kurup]

@IND151 , @S-DUCT , @GR!FF!N , @Safriz

Here are two pictures of Agni 5 .The first image was shown the day before the first test of A5.The missile is shown with a blue tipped RV.But the actual missile tested was the second one with black RV.

Now see the difference between the two missiles . The conical third stage ,area between the erector arms and the RV of two missiles looks entirely different. Your views ??

 

[IND151]

I think they built two prototypes or the first photo is of a dummy missile to give wrong impression about A 5