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India's most advanced ballistic missile

I agree with all of your post but I wold like to add something to your last post.
Of course.

Please watch a video of Shree avinash chander in bharat defense kavach .com. He has said this. These are not my words.

I never said those were your words!!No matter who says it,the reality always remains the same and the reality in this being that,use of IRBMs like Agni 4 for conventional strikes would be a very wasteful practice from an economic point of view,especially when all of our potential opponents happen to be our immediate neighbors!!And besides,use of IRBMs against anyone,no matter the type of the warhead they are fitted with,is a highly dangerous and risky proposition because once you launch such a high profile weapon against your opponent,they might automatically deduce it as a nuke strike,and might commence their retaliatory strikes,without waiting to find out the nature and type of the warhead,strapped to your IRBM!! No disrespect intended to anyone.

Empty wight of any missile or rocket generally do not exceed 10 to 15 of launch so AV in worst case can not weigh more than 7 tons. According to me its weight will be 3 ton empty.
Can't argue there.
 
Of course.



I never said those were your words!!No matter who says it,the reality always remains the same and the reality in this being that,use of IRBMs like Agni 4 for conventional strikes would be a very wasteful practice from an economic point of view,especially when all of our potential opponents happen to be our immediate neighbors!!And besides,use of IRBMs against anyone,no matter the type of the warhead they are fitted with,is a highly dangerous and risky proposition because once you launch such a high profile weapon against your opponent,they might automatically deduce it as a nuke strike,and might commence their retaliatory strikes,without waiting to find out the nature and type of the warhead,strapped to your IRBM!! No disrespect intended to anyone.


Can't argue there.

OK
 
Guys, I don't think its just 26 ton!! Without any structural changes to Agni-5 like all three composite stages like K-4. K-4 is smaller, more agile, is more robust as launched from a submarine. Kudos to the team.

K-4 payload is 1000kgs. There is typo on wikipedia.

We are developing another K missile with range of 6000 kms & payload of 1000 kgs. It will be submarine launched.

K-series of missiles is more advanced & already replaced Prithvi.

K-series missile are highly mobile but will not have MIRV. Agni will have MIRV.

K-4 can carry 2 ton warhead, I have seen in many news.
 
Which one is India's most advanced BM? So far I was thinking it was Agni-5 but after going through the specs of K-4, I think its the most advanced.

Agni-V

Weight 50,000 kg
Length 17.5 m
Diameter 2 metres
Warhead Nuclear
Warhead weight 1,500 kilograms
Engine Three stage solid fuel
Operational range Over 5,000 kilometres Upto 8,000 kilometres


K-4

Weight 17,000 kg
Length 12 m
Diameter 1.3 metres
Warhead Nuclear
Warhead weight 2000 kilograms
Engine Three stage solid fuel
Operational range Over 3500 kilometres

The real question is the real range of Agni 5 :cheesy:;) . Which many believe not to be 5000 km.
 
Agni-V

Weight 50,000 kg
Length 17.5 m
Diameter 2 metres
Warhead Nuclear
Warhead weight 1,500 kilograms
Engine Three stage solid fuel
Operational range Over 5,000 kilometres Upto 8,000 kilometres

Since there is little info on K-series SLBM's in the public domain - Agni V is probably the India's most advanced ballistic missile ever developed as far as what we know till now - reasons being -

>> The Agni V has a contemporary guidance package that utilises an indigenous ring laser gyroscope inertial navigation system (RLG-INS) coupled with a micro-inertial navigation system or MINGS. Both the RLG-INS and MINGS are capable of receiving multi-constellation updates from satellite navigation systems such as the American NAVSTAR GPS and the Russian GLONASS as well as India’s own IRNSS to remove accumulated errors in their measurements. (Though IRNSS and SATNAV's as a whole have their own limitations)

>> The combination of RLG-INS and MINGS, the latter being essentially a MEMS-based miniaturised magnetometer incorporated for redundancy, is capable of providing the ‘necessary’ accuracy at max range for the Agni V. The RLG itself has a bias drift of only 0.01º/h and this represents a significant improvement over older missiles in the Agni series which use a dynamically tuned gyroscope-INS coupled with a star-sighting system for navigation.

>> The superior accuracy of the Agni V can also be attributed to the incorporation of a much more powerful onboard computer. In the past, operating such processors came with weight and space penalties, given that the PCB based hardware enabling such processors consisted of myriad integrated circuits which led to the onboard computer (OBC) weighing almost 5 kg. However, Indian missiles will now incorporate system on chip (SOC) based OBCs that weigh just 200 grams and boast 6-7 times greater processor capability. The embedded SOC concept requires very little power and gives far greater leeway in warhead configuration besides enhancing efficiency.

>> Agni V is not just more accurate, but is also more reliable and indeed survivable. While its 2.0-m-diameter first stage motor is the same as that of the Agni III and made of 250 grade maraging steel, its second and third stages have carbon composite casings. This extensive use of carbon composites lowers the weight of the Agni V relative to a similar missile having only steel motor casings. It also therefore facilitates greater fuel fraction, thereby enhancing range. In the future, even the first stage of the Agni V will use carbon composite motor casings and that would take care of the issue of corrosion altogether and enhance overall structural integrity.

>> Agni V also relies on digitally connected multi-channel communications within its body for the control system, thereby reducing a lot of the cabling that would have otherwise gone into such missiles. This serves to reduce the risk of failure in the missile system and increases dependability.

>> The use of corrosion-resistant composites and digital connectivity within the missile makes it easier in some sense to turn the Agni-V into a classic ‘wooden round’ i.e a canisterised missile system transportable by road and rail ready to launch on demand, with an almost maintenance free stowage and storage life of 10 years or so.

>> Agni V’s re-entry vehicle warhead shown in previously released pictures may turn out to be rather manoeuvrable making things difficult for emerging terminal anti-ballistic missile (ABM) defences. Incidentally, the third stage of the Agni V is a conical motor which allows for greater acceleration in flight and makes it more difficult for mid-course interceptors to tackle it as well. All three stages of the Agni-V in any case have flex nozzles control systems which enhance manoeuvrability during flight.

The most remarkable feature of Agni V is its navigation system and the development of indigenous RLG is a significant breakthrough for India -

Ring_laser_gyroscope_at_MAKS-2011_airshow.jpg

RCI RLG

RINS.jpg


MINGS.jpg

@amardeep mishra your views...​
 
@Chanakya's_Chant you are right. But K-4 is much smaller and lighter. More survivable. Also they might have used same kind of navigation systems on K-4 as well.
 
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