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To everyone who say MIRV and MaRV make BMDs futile.
To a certain degree yes, they are effective against ABMs.
However:
MIRV and MaRVs usually are effective after the Ballistic missile's apogee, while in a state of acquiring redirection targets.
They don't launch before reaching the peak apogee, they hurtle down for some time after the apogee, acquiring coordinates and then do their worst, during this period the BM is neither dodging nor segregating into its consecutive MIRVs.
To counter this all the ABM missile/missiles have to do is have an increased altitude.
If two belligerents are far apart(US-China or US-Russia) detection and engagement becomes difficult, whereas in the case of India-Pakistan-China long ranged radars and space based detection systems like the US SBIRS will be more handy with India than with US.
As for MaRV, in the Sixth AAD test the interceptor faced a maneuverable target and destroyed it successfully.
Phase-2 of the BMD will have specialized ship based ABMs for multiple target engagement scenarios and Boost phase missile defense is also being considered.
As for chaffs and decoys, infrared space surveillance(SBIRS) can solve that issue.
The 'SBIRS Low' are specifically present to discriminate between warheads and decoys
As per former DRDO Chief VK Saraswat, Cruise missile defense will follow short after finishing the BMD program.
To everyone who question the scenario in which multiple missiles are the case, it has been considered by DRDO:
So the crux of the matter is:
Even though MIRVs, MaRVs, chaffs and decoys seem inexpensive, Pakistan is nowhere near implementing them.
To everyone who say MIRV and MaRV make BMDs futile.
To a certain degree yes, they are effective against ABMs.
However:
MIRV and MaRVs usually are effective after the Ballistic missile's apogee, while in a state of acquiring redirection targets.
They don't launch before reaching the peak apogee, they hurtle down for some time after the apogee, acquiring coordinates and then do their worst, during this period the BM is neither dodging nor segregating into its consecutive MIRVs.
To counter this all the ABM missile/missiles have to do is have an increased altitude.
If two belligerents are far apart(US-China or US-Russia) detection and engagement becomes difficult, whereas in the case of India-Pakistan-China long ranged radars and space based detection systems like the US SBIRS will be more handy with India than with US.
As for MaRV, in the Sixth AAD test the interceptor faced a maneuverable target and destroyed it successfully.
Phase-2 of the BMD will have specialized ship based ABMs for multiple target engagement scenarios and Boost phase missile defense is also being considered.
As for chaffs and decoys, infrared space surveillance(SBIRS) can solve that issue.
The 'SBIRS Low' are specifically present to discriminate between warheads and decoys
As per former DRDO Chief VK Saraswat, Cruise missile defense will follow short after finishing the BMD program.
To everyone who question the scenario in which multiple missiles are the case, it has been considered by DRDO:
A day earlier, Avinash Chander, Chief Controller (Missiles and Strategic Systems), DRDO told the press, "The Mission Control Center will process the two missiles and identify in real time which launcher is best suited to fire its missile against which target. Since one of the two attackers is an imaginary missile, we will not be firing a missile against that. But we will be going to the point of firing up to T-0."
Explaining the need for the test, Chander said, "The missile trial on November 23 (is) aimed at 'a deployable configuration' to intercept multiple adversarial missiles raining down on India.
"We are not able to launch live targets simultaneously because of the limitations of range and geometry. That is, since distances are not available, we are not able to fire two target missiles simultaneously."
Mr. Chander added: "In a real scenario, multiple ballistic missiles may be coming towards India which need to be handled. Our radars can track more than 200 missiles simultaneously. When multiple launchers are deployed, they can handle multiple missiles fired at us. We should be able to track them, process the signals, identify which is a threat and assign the specific launcher-missile that is best suited to intercept them. So far all our interceptor flight-trials have been one missile against one target … So the forthcoming interceptor mission would give the DRDO team a lot of confidence to simultaneously handle multiple targets."
So the crux of the matter is:
Even though MIRVs, MaRVs, chaffs and decoys seem inexpensive, Pakistan is nowhere near implementing them.
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