India tests long-range nuclear-capable Agni-III missile

[krish]

印度成功试射可携带核弹头的“烈火三型”导弹(&#22270
2010-02-07 16:22:00　来源: 中国新闻网(北&#20140　跟贴 0 条 手机看新闻
印度成功试射可携带核弹头的“烈火三型”导弹(&#22270

　　资料图：印度国产烈火-3战略导弹亮相国庆阅兵

　　中新网2月7日电 据外电报道，印度7日成功试射一枚可携带核弹头的导弹。

　　报道称，此次试射的是地对地“烈火三型”(Agni-III)导弹，射程3000公里。这已是印度第四次试射该型号导弹，可携带常规和核弹头，载弹量为1500千克。

　　（来源：中国新闻网）

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[Mister X]

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India successfully test-fired nuclear-capable "Agni-III" missile (Figure)
2010-02-07 16:22:00 Source: China News Network (Beijing) phone to read news Gentie 0
India successfully test-fired nuclear-capable "Agni-III" missile (Figure)

Data Figure: India made a strategic missile Agni -3 debut National Day military parade

Xinhua BEIJING, February 7, according to foreign reports, India successfully test-fired 7 missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

Reported that the test is the surface-"Agni-III" (Agni-III) missile with a range of 3,000 km. This is India's fourth test of the type of missiles capable of carrying conventional and nuclear warheads, bomb load of 1,500 kg.

(Source: China News Network)

 

[Mister X]

AGNI-III test-fired successfully

T. S. Subramanian
Y. Mallikarjun

India’s longest range nuclear-capable Agni-III was successfully test-fired from the Wheeler Island, off the Orissa coast on Sunday.

The more than 3,500-km range home-grown ballistic missile, believed to be most lethal of the weapon systems developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) scientists, was blasted at 10.50 hrs and covered the pre-designated range with 100 per cent accuracy, top officials told The Hindu from Wheeler Island soon after the successful launch.

The solid-propelled, two-stage missile can carry nuclear warheads weighing up to 1.5 tonnes. It is 17 metres tall and has a launch weight of 50 tonnes with a two-metre diameter.

When contacted, V.K. Saraswat, Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister and Director-General, DRDO, said it was a fantastic launch and a “hat-trick for Agni-III with three successes”. The trajectory went perfectly according to the plan till the last decimal place, and only mathematical people would understand the success, he said. “It gave us full range and pinpoint accuracy,” he added.

A.Sivathanu Pillai, CEO and MD, BrahMos Aerospace, called the success an “important milestone for the country. It will lead to induction of the missile”. The success would bring credit to DRDO scientists, he said.

A. Selvamurthy, Chief Controller, Life Sciences and Human Resources, DRDO also termed it as an “important milestone in developing the country's defence and developing the second strike capability. The flight proved the robustbness of all the systems and software”.

With the third consecutive success of Agni-III, he said “it is now a proven missile. It is a big morale booster for our missile scientists and institutions”, he observed.

Avinash Chander, Agni programme director and director, Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), called it a “perfect success”. Stating that all the mission objectives were met, he said all the events listed in the launch were executed with accuracy and described it as a “thrilling experience”.

A top DRDO missile technologist said the mission was a “good success and the trajectory of the flight was excellent. Everything worked well, including all payload systems”, he added.

Even though the missile did not carry a live warhead, its nuclear triggering mechanism worked well. Instead of a nuclear warhead, it carried chemical explosives, the missile technologist added.

 

[NSG_BlackCats]

Pictures of today's test of Agni -III

 

[Dark Angel]

India successfully test-fires nuclear-capable Agni-III missile


New Delhi: India today successfully test-fired its indigenous Agni-III ballistic missile with a range of 3500 kms from the Wheeler Island off the coast of Orissa, making the nuclear-capable platform ready for
induction into the armed forces.

"The fourth test-firing of the Agni-III missile was carried out at 10:50 am today. It was for the full range and it hit the target with pin-point accuracy and met all the mission objectives," defence ministry spokesman Sitanshu Kar said here

The defence spokesman said the launch was part of the pre-induction trial and "now the missile system will be fully
inducted into the armed forces."

"During the course of the flight, the missile reached a peak height of 350 kms and re-entered the atmosphere successfully tolerating the skin temperatures of nearly 3000 degree Celsius," Kar said.


India successfully test-fires nuclear-capable Agni-III missile - dnaindia.com

 

[LCA Tejas]

AGNI-III test-fired successfully

T. S. SUBRAMANIAN
Y. MALLIKARJUN
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By arrangement India's longest range Agni-III missile blasting off from Wheeler Island, off Orissa coast on Sunday.
India’s longest range nuclear-capable Agni-III was successfully test-fired from the Wheeler Island, off the Orissa coast on Sunday.

The more than 3,500-km range home-grown ballistic missile, believed to be most lethal of the weapon systems developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) scientists, was test-fired at 10.50 hrs and covered the pre-designated range with 100 per cent accuracy, top officials told The Hindu from Wheeler Island soon after the successful launch.

The solid-propelled, two-stage missile can carry nuclear warheads weighing up to 1.5 tonnes. It is 17 metres tall and has a launch weight of 50 tonnes with a two-metre diameter.

When contacted, V.K. Saraswat, Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister and Director-General, DRDO, said it was a fantastic launch and a “hat-trick for Agni-III with three successes”. The trajectory went perfectly according to plan till the last decimal place, he said. “It gave us full range and pinpoint accuracy,” he added.

Avinash Chander, Agni-III mission director, called it a “perfect success”, stating that all the mission objectives were met. Chander, also the Director of Advanced Systems Laboratory - which designed and developed the Agni-III - said all the events listed in the launch were executed with accuracy and described it as a “thrilling experience".

A. Sivathanu Pillai, CEO and MD, BrahMos Aerospace, called the success an “important milestone for the country. It will lead to induction of the missile”. The success would bring credit to DRDO scientists, he said.

W. Selvamurthy, Chief Controller, Life Sciences and Human Resources, DRDO also termed it as an “important milestone in developing the country's defence and developing the second strike capability. The flight proved the robustbness of all the systems and software”.

With the third consecutive success of Agni-III, he said “it is now a proven missile. It is a big morale booster for our missile scientists and institutions”, he observed.

A top DRDO missile technologist said the mission was a “good success and the trajectory of the flight was excellent. Everything worked well, including all payload systems”, he added.

Even though the missile did not carry a live warhead, its nuclear triggering mechanism worked well. Instead of a nuclear warhead, it carried chemical explosives, the missile technologist added.

Keywords: Agni, Agni-III, DRDO, Wheeler island, nuclear warhead, ballistic missile

The Hindu : News / National : AGNI-III test-fired successfully

 

[Mister X]

DRDO PRESS RELEASE: 7th Feb 10

The Indian long range missile AGNI3 with a range capability of 3500km is flight tested successfully by DRDO at 10:50 am from the Wheeler Island, in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Odisha. The AGNI-3 Missile tested for the full range, hit the target with pinpoint accuracy and met all the mission objectives. Two down range ships located near the target have tracked and witnessed the Missile reaching the target accurately.

The Marker Pen like AGNI-3 Missile is 17 meters long with 2 metres in diameter. The Missile is a two stage solid propellant system with a pay load capability of 1.5 tons. During the course of flight the Missile reached a peak height of 350 kms and re-entered into the atmosphere successfully tolerating the skin temperatures of nearly 3000 degree Celsius.

The missile is equipped with a state of the art computer system, navigated with a most advanced Navigation system and guided with an innovative guidance scheme. The Navigation system used for guidance is first of its kind. Number of Radars and electro optical tracking systems along the coast of Odisha have monitored the path of the Missile and evaluated all the parameters in realtime.

The launch is part of the pre-induction trial.Indian Army (the user) has carried out the total launch operations guided by the DRDO scientists. Now the Missile system will be fully inducted into the armed forces.

Mission Director Sri Avinash Chander and Project Director Dr V.G. Sekaran have guided and controlled the complete Missile integration and launch activities. Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri and Director General, DRDO Dr V.K. Saraswat has over seen the total launch operations.

Dr V.K. Saraswat and Sri Avinash Chander congratulated all the Scientists and employees of DRDO and the industry partners.

 

[Naradmuni]

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This one says upto 200 kt but I've heard in another article by anil kadodkar that said upto 250 kt. He also said that our nukes would be capped to 250 kt and we would deploy multiple 250kt warheads in a MIRV design. Lets see if i can find that link.

No Sir, I am not talking about yield. Recently Kakodkar suggested that we can build nuclear warheads of about 400 KT yield. I am asking what is the source which informs about the weight of these warheads? If we are able to miniaturise high yield warheads into considerably low weights then we can increase the range of AGNI 3 far beyond its stated range.

 

[Mister X]

No Sir, I am not talking about yield. Recently Kakodkar suggested that we can build nuclear warheads of about 400 KT yield. I am asking what is the source which informs about the weight of these warheads? If we are able to miniaturise high yield warheads into considerably low weights then we can increase the range of AGNI 3 far beyond its stated range.

Agni III already has Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou etc. under its range.

Agni V will be tested in 2010-11.

So don't worry about range.

India should deploy them at the earliest.

The day when India deploy canistered AGNI V with multiple nuclear warheads in the tunnels of Mountains.

The Chinese incursions and aggressions will automatically comes to full stop.

 

[jagjitnatt]

yeah, we need not worry about range now. We have it covered. Now we look forward to MIRV. ISRO has been successful in putting into orbit 10 satellites in one go. MIRV works on the same principle and it shouldn't be difficult to implement it in Agni V missile.
If it works well, then we would be able to deliver 3 nuclear strikes with a single missile. Now thats something.

 

[Contrarian]

India's space and missile programs are both accelerating nowadays..!

 

[Chanakyaa]

Congrats DRDO...

The Year 2010 has made a Great Beginning ; First the Massive The Akash Missile Induction by Airforce and Then The Hatrick ( Successful )Test of Agni III, The Best Misile in the Indian Inventory : Both by Range and Fuel Type.

Just Navalize this Missile and Put it on Arihant : Mission Accomplished !

AGNI III ::

Todays Test ::

News Video :: Nuclear capable Agni III test fired successfully

 

[jagjitnatt]

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Cause Russia will not do that. Veto powers cannot sell missile technology with range over 300 kms. Thats why russia didn't sell us her ICBMs. Only china till date has violated this rule. It offered Pakistan missile and nuclear tech in exchange with Aerospace tech.

If russia started exchanging such tech with us. We would have been overpowering US.

 

[Adios Amigo]

Cause Russia will not do that. Veto powers cannot sell missile technology with range over 300 kms. Thats why russia didn't sell us her ICBMs. Only china till date has violated this rule. It offered Pakistan missile and nuclear tech in exchange with Aerospace tech.

Source for the above claim or else you are bullshitting, same will stand vaild for india-russia relationship.

If russia started exchanging such tech with us. We would have been overpowering US.

another of your delusional crap. you are making fun out of yourself by floating in ridiculous statements like overpowering US ,By the way Russia is as good by itself as by cooperating with you.








adios

 

[jagjitnatt]

Source for the above claim or else you are bullshitting, same will stand vaild for india-russia relationship.




another of your delusional crap. you are making fun out of yourself by floating in ridiculous statements like overpowering US by the way Russia is as good by itself as by cooperating with you.

tameez toh ghar par rakhi hai sahab ne. aur phir bolenge indians rude hain.
btw i don't need to provide source for something thats obvious. Ask some of your Pak friends. They'll tell you more about it.