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Did India Today accidentally gave out true range of Agni 5? A6 Estimate? All operational A family?
Following is an excerpt from India today where info about Agni 5 canister launch were written. Strangely the range published has been long speculated and often indicated off the record to reporters. Buts its first time that India Today a credible news media has written clearly about A5 range as well as all operational A family range data. India for long has always been doubted to underplay its missile ranges which is more of a norm common among other missile testing countries who always state max range and tom tom about it. No doubt India today were also the first one who published info on K family, a very secretive program.Hence its rare that such good info getting published so openly. Here is the excerpt
About all other Agni missiles :
Below are the types and ranges of all the Agni missiles made by India.
Name Type Range
Agni-I MRBM 700 - 1,250 km(Operational)
Agni-II IRBM 2,000 - 3,000 km(Operational)
Agni-III IRBM 3,500 - 5,000 km(Operational)
Agni-IV IRBM 3,000 - 4,000 km(Operational)
Agni-V ICBM 5,000 - 8,000 km(Tested)
Agni-VI ICBM 8,000 - 10,000 km(Under development)
Link: Agni-V: Facts and figures, its inception, range and progress : News Digest
It may be that right max range indicated may be with lower warhead weight but as such India does not have a policy of using 0.5T or lower warhead weight whereas missiles are tested with 1.5/1.1T dummy warheads and depressed trajectories (obviously to downplay max range). But nice to know A3 having more firepower then A4 but A4 as we all know is much less in weight. Assuming A6 to be in line with A4 sleek design may not be very wrong perhaps. Extremely important is the point that A6 which if designated at 8-10k may be the maximum range India may look to test and operationalise its final Agni max range program. A potent delivery system with MIRV especially if A6 can be configured later to SLBM config may ultimately tilt to very strong second strike capability and complete our long awaited missile development program. Indeed i dont doubt that A5 and A6 may have been the rumored Surya program which had been in media for long based on this data as Surya program has vanished into thin air post 2002/03. So logically, we may have seen Surya 1 in action already and Surya 2 proposed action soon..
Hope all feel proud and good ..........
Following is an excerpt from India today where info about Agni 5 canister launch were written. Strangely the range published has been long speculated and often indicated off the record to reporters. Buts its first time that India Today a credible news media has written clearly about A5 range as well as all operational A family range data. India for long has always been doubted to underplay its missile ranges which is more of a norm common among other missile testing countries who always state max range and tom tom about it. No doubt India today were also the first one who published info on K family, a very secretive program.Hence its rare that such good info getting published so openly. Here is the excerpt
About all other Agni missiles :
Below are the types and ranges of all the Agni missiles made by India.
Name Type Range
Agni-I MRBM 700 - 1,250 km(Operational)
Agni-II IRBM 2,000 - 3,000 km(Operational)
Agni-III IRBM 3,500 - 5,000 km(Operational)
Agni-IV IRBM 3,000 - 4,000 km(Operational)
Agni-V ICBM 5,000 - 8,000 km(Tested)
Agni-VI ICBM 8,000 - 10,000 km(Under development)
Link: Agni-V: Facts and figures, its inception, range and progress : News Digest
It may be that right max range indicated may be with lower warhead weight but as such India does not have a policy of using 0.5T or lower warhead weight whereas missiles are tested with 1.5/1.1T dummy warheads and depressed trajectories (obviously to downplay max range). But nice to know A3 having more firepower then A4 but A4 as we all know is much less in weight. Assuming A6 to be in line with A4 sleek design may not be very wrong perhaps. Extremely important is the point that A6 which if designated at 8-10k may be the maximum range India may look to test and operationalise its final Agni max range program. A potent delivery system with MIRV especially if A6 can be configured later to SLBM config may ultimately tilt to very strong second strike capability and complete our long awaited missile development program. Indeed i dont doubt that A5 and A6 may have been the rumored Surya program which had been in media for long based on this data as Surya program has vanished into thin air post 2002/03. So logically, we may have seen Surya 1 in action already and Surya 2 proposed action soon..
Hope all feel proud and good ..........
But may be the holy cow dung and urine and will save their bharti a$$es from next chinese invasion 
