RAPTOR said:
The Agni was tested on May 22nd,1989 from a launch pad at the chandipur test facility at Balasore. That was the first ever test of your agni missile...and guess what, it is based on the Scout missile......
First ever Agni tested came directly out of India's SLV programme. Yes, it is identical to Scout, but then most of the SLV's from the US and Europe use the same technology. Scout was a rocket and not a missile, per se. Last time I checked Agni was a Ballistic missile. It was successfully tested thrice with actual max range about 1450km and simulated range of about 2500kms. Then India suspended the program in 1995.
the designs of which your current president stole while he was working at NASA's Langley Research center in Virginia in 1964.
Get your facts straight. Abdul Kalam never worked for NASA. Infact NASA helped India to build our launch pad in Thumba and it willingly gave the design info for Scout rocket, he did NOT STEAL it. Give me a source thats says he stole it. Also, this design was infact used to build India's first SLV, no contradictions there.
Oh and incidently...your prithvi missile is based on the SA-2 that your master USSR gave you at the height of the cold war.
Actually the entire second stage is not based on SA-2. Its like a strap on liquid booster that India uses for its SLV's. ESA uses this design. Agni II now has 2 solid stages.
Russia was never India's master, India did not offer bases nor it offered unilateral support to USSR. India remained a part of NAM well in to the 70's.
Now, the Agni 2 might have been tested in 99 as you claim, , chances are it was also tested way before that.
and what are those chances?? Testing a missile is not exactly like testing a diwali rocket, you know
Agni II is already in production. Agni III and Agni 4 will be tested shortly.
indias missile program has had a long head start on Pakistan's and it quite ambitious.
Yes, it is quite ambitious.And its entirely justifiable, just look at India's successful launch after launches of PSLV's and GSLV's.
But....i cant understand why it takes soo long and why most of the missiles are failures anyway....(baring the agni and the pithvi)
Rather than bad mouthing, go ahead and tell us the failures, with sources.
Countries keep testing missiles, thats how the flight plans are computed and fed to the missile computer for inertial guidance.
is there something wrong with your scientific establishment....the lca.....the arjun........
Other than your sourceless and baseless claim nothing is wrong with the establishment. Even if there is something wrong, steps are taken to ensure that the program stays on track.
Building tanks and fighter planes are not exactly repainting and assembling missiles, you know?