India Developing system to launch counter nuclear strike from anywhere at a

[Bhai Zakir]

India Developing system to launch counter nuclear strike from anywhere at any time: DRDO Chief

New Delhi: Displaying a rare and firm stance on its nuclear policy India's premier defence organisation chief revealed India's aggressive strategy to deal with nuclear strike.

Speaking exclusively to India Today, DRDO's new chief, Dr Avinash Chander said that India is working towards reducing its second-strike capabilities in case of nuclear attack by an enemy country.

In the interview, Chander revealed that DRDO is working to develop a system that will allow India to launch counter nuclear strike from anywhere at any time.

Chander also elaborated on India's nuclear missile scenario. He said that Agni IV (4,000+) and Agni V (6,000+) could be inducted in the forces in the next two years.

He also reflected on India's capabilities to build an ICBM. He said that the basic groundwork to build an ICBM already exists and it will not take more than 3-5 years to build an ICBM, on the lines of China's DF-31.

However, he believes that India does not require an ICBM missile and missiles with range of 4,000-6,000 km are suffice.


Developing system to launch counter nuclear strike from anywhere at any time: DRDO Chief - daily.bhaskar.com

 

[SirHatesALot]

Does DRDO chief gets paid for giving interviews?

 

[Bhai Zakir]

New chief of India's military research complex reveals brave new mandate

As Defence Minister A.K. Antony leaves on a 4-day official visit to China on Thursday, the first by a Defence Minister in seven years, new facts about the direction India's nuclear missile programme is taking could send out an unprecedented message. In details revealed for the first time in an exclusive interview to Headlines Today, the new chief of the Defence R&D Organisation (DRDO) Dr Avinash Chander has revealed that one of his key mandates as the head of the country's military research complex, is to drastically reduce the time India will take for a potential nuclear counter-strike.

Unlike China, India has been typically timid about its strategic programmes. The DRDO chief's revelations make for a rare, bold message about the goings on within the country's most advanced weapons laboratories.

"In the second strike capability, the most important thing is how fast we can react. We are working on cannisterised systems that can launch from anywhere at anytime," said Dr Chander. "We are making much more agile, fast-reacting, stable missiles so response can be within minutes." India has a no first use policy for nuclear weapons, and its current response time for a retaliatory strike is classified. The DRDO chief's task is to whittle it down by a substantial degree to provide the Strategic Forces Command (SFC) with a literally 'anywhere-anytime' ability.

DRDO's new chief Dr Avinash Chander.


Dr Chander, formerly director with the Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL) in Hyderabad and renowned as the spearhead of the Agni family of missiles, was made chief of the DRDO last month.

India's current land-based nuclear weapon delivery systems include the 1,250-km range Agni-I, 2,000-km range Agni-II and 3,500-km range Agni-III. The DRDO chief has expressed confidence that 2 of India's two most ambitious nuclear missiles under test, the 4,000-km range Agni-IV and 6,000+ km range Agni-V, will both be inducted into the strategic arsenal within two years.

"We'll induct the Agni IV and V inducted in the next two years. It's the first time we will be inducting strategic missiles with such long ranges together. Agni III, IV and V are going to be the thrust areas. They give us the reach which we need, and are our highest priority now. Within two years we have to make sure that it happens," said Dr Chander.

Asked about whether India needed an inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM), with ranges in excess of 10,000-km like China's DF-31 and other in-development weapons, Dr Chander said his missile laboratories could develop and deploy an ICBM in as little as three-five years. "As we see today, we don't find the need for ranges more than 5,000-6,000 km. The technology building blocks required to build a longer range missile already exist. We are in a position to activate any such system at very short notice," said Dr Chander.

An Inter Continental Baliistic Missile (ICBM), the Agni V reportedly has a range of 5,500-5,800 kms.


Asked about how India's missile programme squared off against China's, he said, "Comparisons are odious, always difficult, and many times taken out of context. If you see at the capability level, our missiles, radars are comparable with the Chinese and other friends around us."


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Read more at: New chief of India's military research complex reveals brave new mandate : India, News - India Today

 

[Bhai Zakir]

Dr. Avinash Chander: My job is to speed up India's nuclear strike time, DRDO chief says | Mail Online

 

[Dash]

This is a good step to reduce reaction time....

 

[kurup]

Avinash Chander also going Saraswat's way .... Too much talk .....

 

[vsdave2302]

The DRDO chief has expressed confidence that 2 of India's two most ambitious nuclear missiles under test, the 4,000-km range Agni-IV and 6,000+ km range Agni-V, will both be inducted into the strategic arsenal within two years.



So now it is official that Agni V is a 6000KM+ range missile. +=?
I believe += 4000 KM at least.

 

[timetravel]

Avinash Chander also going Saraswat's way .... Too much talk .....

He has the right to speak... and we are not China where you dont speak for fear of failure... and what he tells in media is just tip of the iceberg....

so if he says we are working on ICBM and will take 3-5 years... you need to know India already has 10000+ KM missiles...

 

[kurup]

He has the right to speak... and we are not China where you dont speak for fear of failure... and what he tells in media is just tip of the iceberg....

so if he says we are working on ICBM and will take 3-5 years... you need to know India already has 10000+ KM missiles...

Well off course he has the right to speak . But the problem is there are only talks and less work .

 

[livingdead]

Man, please stop this nonsense, open a sticky DRDO and post all crap. These interviews wont stop..

 

[indoPunjabi]

Not happening unless until india build dedicated nuclear Missle silos and nuclear submarines equipped with long range nuclear missiles!

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

Not happening unless until india build dedicated nuclear Missle silos and nuclear submarines equipped with long range nuclear missiles!

n subs are good but silos are waste i think

 

[StormShadow]

Man, please stop this nonsense, open a sticky DRDO and post all crap. These interviews wont stop..

If you dont know about something, better not to blame anybody. What Mr Chander saab has said is true. And lemme tell u...the second strike will be from something which you least expect. It can hit anywhere in the world. Work has been started and for it to mature, it takes around 15 years approx . Personally, I feel it will be completed in 8 - 10 years.

 

[indoPunjabi]

n subs are good but silos are waste i think

If silos were waste America, Russia and China wouldn't build them! Nuclear missiles are more safer in silos than on launch vehicle. Plus we don't have nuclear Missle carrying subs so building silos is a good idea. Missle silos are ever ready to launch nuke missiles it doesn't need hours of preparation to launch missiles!

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

If silos were waste America, Russia and China wouldn't build them! Nuclear missiles are more safer in silos than on launch vehicle. Plus we don't have nuclear Missle carrying subs so building silos is a good idea. Missle silos are ever ready to launch nuke missiles it doesn't need hours of preparation to launch missiles!

that are good only when you are the first ones to use nukes