India gets submarine-based nuclear missile

[Bull]

New Delhi: India has declared itself capable of launching a nuclear missile from a submarine and has announced that a submarine-based cruise missile Sagarika has been developed and tested successfully.

With the induction of Sagarika, India has completed the triad of India's nuclear weapons delivery systems.

This was made known at a Defence Research and Development Organisation function in New Delhi on Saturday where the team responsible for the development of the Sagarika was felicitated.

Sources say the Sagarika has a range of 1,000 km and has been accepted for induction by the Navy.

The missile is likely to be installed on the Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV). ATV is the indigenous nuclear-powered submarine that is expected to be launched next year.

 

[Bull]

1000 km sub launched nuke capable missile is definitly a good news!!! And moreover ATV to be operationalised next year.

 

[Samudra]

Chill boss...they've only made public what was known for sometime.

 

[Neo]

Good, it will boost your 2nd launch capability.

 

[Samudra]

Good, it will boost your 2nd launch capability.

No, its more of a LACM?

I think deterrance better left to ballistic missiles

 

[Cheetah786]

New Delhi: India has declared itself capable of launching a nuclear missile from a submarine and has announced that a submarine-based cruise missile Sagarika has been developed and tested successfully.

With the induction of Sagarika, India has completed the triad of India's nuclear weapons delivery systems.

This was made known at a Defence Research and Development Organisation function in New Delhi on Saturday where the team responsible for the development of the Sagarika was felicitated.

Sources say the Sagarika has a range of 1,000 km and has been accepted for induction by the Navy.

The missile is likely to be installed on the Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV). ATV is the indigenous nuclear-powered submarine that is expected to be launched next year.

some times back some one here asked how can Pakistan include a missile without testing.i wonder why same people don't ask the same question again.

 

[Samudra]

Don't fret, sweetheart.

The last test was publicised- albeit in a very low key manner.

 

[Adux]

Cheetah,

The missile has been tested 3 times, and it has not been Inducted. This is for the ATV, before the ATV comes online as a Naval Vessel, the Navy and DRDO has to make it go through its chugs for atleast 2 years. Just like when Gorshkov becomes inducted next year but still be operationalized after 2 years. The Sagarika testing will continue.

Its only ACCEPTED for Induction, but not Inducted. There is a lot more testing to be done

 

[Adux]

India gets sub-marine missile power

Vishal Thapar / CNN-IBN



Published on Saturday , July 07, 2007 at 14:26 in Nation section

Tags: Cruise Missile, Sagarika
E-mail this report | Print this reportNew Delhi: India has declared itself capable of launching a nuclear missile from a submarine and has announced that a submarine-based cruise missile Sagarika has been developed and tested successfully.


With the induction of Sagarika, India has completed the triad of India's nuclear weapons delivery systems.


This was made known at a Defence Research and Development Organisation function in New Delhi on Saturday where the team responsible for the development of the Sagarika was felicitated.


Sources say the Sagarika has a range of 1,000 km and has been accepted for induction by the Navy.


The missile is likely to be installed on the Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV). ATV is the indigenous nuclear-powered submarine that is expected to be launched next year.






Sagarika has already been tested successfully three times and completes the third leg of the strategic triad giving India the capability to launch missiles from land, air and now from under the sea.


Submarine-based nuclear missile are considered the most reliable for the fact that a submarine travels mostly under the sea and is hence extremely difficult to detect.


India has a no first use doctrine and so it means that the deterrence capability has to be very effective as well as reliable and Sagarika would give the military its most reliable second strike capability.


Though it was know for while that Sagarika was under development but the entire process was a closely guarded secret and so it was a big surprise when Prime Minster Manmohan Singh felicitated the defence scientists involved in the development of the cruise missile in New Delhi on Saturday.


However, the capability will become operational in a couple of years because ATV will be launched next year and then only the missile will be integrated with the nuclear submarine.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india-gets-submarinebased-nuclear-missile/44268-3.html

 

[Adux]

Here is the Video of the NEWS Report

http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/44268/india-gets-submarine-missile-power.html

 

[Adux]

Here is the Launcher

 

[Adux]

The above launcher is said to be for the Ballistic Missile or is it for the Sagarika Cruise Missile.

 

[Adux]

Now if it is the CRUISE MISSILE, as mentioned in the news article.Which I doubt. ThE ENGINE IS DEFINITLY NOT OURS.

If it is the Agni-3 Underwater Ballistic Missile, which is the on the works for sometime, then it is 100% Indian

 

[Adux]

I think the jurno's got it wrong, the famous INDIAN DDM, Desi Dork Media.
Sagarika was always thought to be a Ballistic Missile, a version of the Agni - 3 but if it was a Baliistic Missile then Pakistan would have been notified of the tests? or is it really a cruise missile?

If then the Turbofan engine's could not be our's

 

[Adux]

New missiles revealed
Saturday, July 07, 2007 04:20:39 pm



India today (July 7) announced the launch of two major missile programmes - the extended version of the intermediate range ballistic missile Agni III, successfully tested this year, and a strategic naval missile which is also capable of carrying nuclear weapons.

The Agni III was successfully launched this year and the new missile which may be called the Agni IV, will have a range of nearly 6,000 kilometres - enough to target India's major rivals. The missile should be ready in two years.

The DRDO is also readying a strategic, nuclear-capable missile for the Navy. While the DRDO is not going into the details, the missile is likely to be submarine-launched and is to be ready in three years. This will give India the triad - the ability to launch nuclear weapons from land, under-sea and the air. DRDO is confident about the completion of the project and says there are no more difficulties.

It’s a strategic missile, so I can't talk much about it. But yes, definitely we have done a lot of work in the propulsion system of such a missile, control and containerisation of these missiles, and I think these elemental technologies are very vital. I am sure that at an appropriate point of time the country will reveal it. The missile can be got ready in 2-3 years, but it is the technologies we are more focused on,” said M K Natarajan, Scientific Advisor.

The Agni missile programme extended

Also, the Agni Missile Programme has also been extended. The improved telemetry and electronics package will make the missile more compact. A compact design will accommodate another motor in the missile. The motor will have a solid propellant, hence better controls are needed. This is expected to make it possible to strike anywhere in China, which has intercontinental ballistic missiles. The range of rocket has been extended by 1,500 km.

http://www.timesnow.tv/New_missiles_revealed/articleshow/2184483.cms