INDIA’S HOSTILE BMD PROGRAM AND PAKISTAN’S SECURITY OPTION – OPED

[danger007]

Give it a try they will never disappoint you.

Enjoy pdf new recruit... mm alam is from wvr era... Don't come up with funny logic man behind machine now.. This is beyond your visual range era...

 

[danger007]

Even your own army chief said that they need 2 year and all equipment in the pipeline to get that capability which PA will not allow them by up grading their own, and you say you have it now, what a day dreamer you are man.



I don't have to back up my claims as it has been discussed in F-16 thread very deeply go through it, I m not interested in trolls.

I didn't find any article from IA chief... Can you please educate me by providing source...

 

[IPL5]

Even your own army chief said that they need 2 year and all equipment in the pipeline to get that capability which PA will not allow them by up grading their own, and you say you have it now, what a day dreamer you are man.



I don't have to back up my claims as it has been discussed in F-16 thread very deeply go through it, I m not interested in trolls.

what stupidity ! aren't we talking about IAF & PAF ?

 

[Basel]

What the Hell are you talking about.. When have our chief said that???? Don't read articles and creat something on your own!!!!

It was in the new when Modi appointed new Chief.

 

[danger007]

It was in the new when Modi appointed new Chief.

I searched already even though I know there is news like that.. Still I didn't find anything like that...

 

[silent poison]

Pakistan can not launch large number of missiles in one go bcz it will be captured on Indian spy satellite and IAF and cruise missile will be launched to destroy those missile ( and here i just mean when missile system will be integrated together or nuclear warhead will be mated )
So , a point that BMD can be confused with large number of missile is a far fetched dream ( same reason both Nation are neighbours and IAF CAN REACH missile sites)

And about if u r coming with PAF option then the nuclear missile will only be launched when Pakistani Armed Forces are destroyed . Otherwise there is no need .

 

[wadi79]

By Hassan Sohail*

India’s BMD capability has evolved after many years of clandestine research and development. Since July 1983, Indian scientists have been engaged in fusing the foreign and domestic research and components for the development of the Theatre Missile Defence (TMD).

India’s other preference for augmenting its TMD potential is to buy these missiles from the friendly states. The Russian Federation and Israel have signed agreements with India, under which India has been receiving TMD components and technology from these states. The U.S has been forging a new strategic partnership with India, in order to contain its future adversaries in Asia. Therefore, instead of opposing India’s missile build-up, the U.S is supporting it.

Earlier this year, The Hindu reported V.K. Saraswat claiming that incoming ballistic missiles with a range of 2000km could be destroyed with the shield and this capability would be enhanced to meet missiles with a range of 5000km by 2016.

The Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is developing a two-tier Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) system that provides a multi-layered shield against ballistic missile attacks. The BMD system consists of a Prithvi Air Defence (PAD) missile and an Advanced Air Defence (AAD) Missile for high and low altitude interception. The PAD intercepts missiles at altitudes between 50km-80km and the AAD missile destroys them at altitudes of 15km-30km.

India has also shown interest in the Israeli Arrow ballistic missile defence system. Indo-Israeli relations improved considerably in the 1990s. Israel assumed the role of becoming the second biggest seller of weapons to India after Russia. However, India has acquired a number of weapons systems from Israel.

The Arrow missile system was jointly developed by Israel and the US. Arrow 2, an advanced version of Arrow, is designed to intercept short and medium-range ballistic missiles, and can detect and track up to 14 missiles simultaneously at distances as far a 500 km away.
With an Indian BMD system, Pakistan would be forced to respond in some way in order to ensure the integrity of its nuclear deterrent. Although it is difficult to gauge Pakistan’s response, it would depend on the type, size and shape of an Indian BMD.

There are a number of options that Pakistan could possibly pursue. Pakistan could either go for its own defence systems or build up its offensive forces to overwhelm India’s defences.

Pakistan’s ability to produce its own missile defence systems is extremely limited both from technological point of view as well as from an economic one. A less costly and more effective option for Pakistan could be a qualitative and quantitative improvement in its nuclear and missile forces and its strategy.

The simplest solution for Pakistan would be to go for a larger number of nuclear warheads and delivery systems, especially ballistic missiles. This would entail an increase in the number of missiles both Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicles (MIRV-ed) and single warheads. Pakistan would also have to increase its fissile material production in order to have more warheads.

The purpose of the numbers approach would be to saturate Indian defences. This would mean, for example, if India has the capability to intercept twenty-five missiles, Pakistan should have thirty.

Another option for Pakistan could be deployment. This could entail maintaining assembled form of missiles to reduce the reaction time. This could be taken a step further to the level of actually deploying the assembled missiles tipped with nuclear warheads. Pakistan can also go for a triad of nuclear forces. At present, Pakistan has land- and air-based nuclear forces but no sea-based one.

In the short term, a mix of qualitative and quantitative improvements in Pakistan’s offensive capabilities might be a more viable solution for Pakistan.

In the long term, Pakistan needs to acquire advance technologies, like perfecting cruise missile technology, reducing the conventional asymmetry between India and Pakistan, to neutralise the effects of Indian missile defence systems. Moreover, Pakistan can also pursue a diplomatic course by suggesting an ABM treaty between India and Pakistan, or by negotiating a zero missile regime between the two countries.

* Hassan Sohail, Research Fellow, South Asian Strategic Stability Institute (SASSI)

India's Hostile BMD Program And Pakistan’s Security Option - OpEd - Eurasia Review

This whole thing reminds me of two very silly articles from Pakistani sources that got posted here, broadly on the following lines:
- India building dams is a threat to regional peace
- India's space exploration is a threat to regional peace

This one is broadly on the same lines. At the cost of repeating myself, I'd like to restate my response in one of those chains:
There are two kinds of people in the world, those who go ahead and 'Do' and those who are incapable of doing anything positive, so they sit back and moan about 'strategic balance' being disturbed. So if generating electricity using dams can cause 'threat to regional peace', space exploration can cause 'imbalance', I can completely understand why someone with that mentality will see a defensive program as a threat. If your mind is completely poisoned to think of India as an enemy, then any step India takes to improve the lives of her citizens will be a hostile step. Typical examples of this that you could see in the future(paranoid analysts, feel free to borrow) :
- India grows at 8%: India aims to cause regional imbalance through economic disparity by growing faster than Pakistan
- India eliminates polio: Healthier Indian citizens available to join the army, threat to regional peace
- India starts 'Clean India' campaign: Healthier Indian citizens, threat to regional peace
- India cuts down oil imports through better efficiency: Less money to Middle-East countries that give aid to Pakistan, diabolical step to hurt Pakistani economy
- India gives equal rights to all citizens: Attempt to debunk two-nation-theory, threat to existence of Pakistan
- India acts against drug smuggling: Attempt to hurt Pakistan's strategic assets which rely on drug smuggling income, fourth generation covert war (this one is for Zaidu the great)

Frankly, short of rolling over and dying, there is nothing that India can do to please these jokers. It amuses me that just the fact that we are there and prospering eloquently debunks the twisted ideology they swear by, and generates more hatred and poison in their 'big-hearts'. For a person without love and forgiveness, life is infinitely worse than death. I guess this is their punishment.