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An usual article from the Pakistani news agency for the local population to make them feel that India admits its failures and Pakistan is ahead of India in defence. The author tried his best to make the readers feel that Indians admitting the failures.
How many times a Pakistan's missile is tested, before it is inducted?
The project is not scrapped, but closed. Agni I and II is inducted. Agni III is in final stage and will be inducted sooner. Akash is cleared for induction. Prithvi is inducted. Nag, Astra and Trishul may be a failure, but made some achievements. I think that 25 years is a reasonable time to develope these missiles for a country which does not have experience or infrastructure. There is no unnecessary cost overruns. Since, the private sectors were not allowed, the DRDO had to set up every infrastructure required for this project. Now the infrastructure is there and private sector is allowed, so the future developments will be shorter and cheaper.
The entire missile program is not closed. Only the IGMDP is closed. The developement of long range missiles will continue with other programes.
Well! the Indians in our Forum did not believe this from day one. Here it is in Black & White.
For your information. This have certain parameters, and once the missiles meets those parameters, only then the missile is inducted. So far there hasn't been a case where the missile doesn't meet the requirements of the strategic forces.
Not may be, but 100% failure. Because a failure = failure.
Thanks.
Where you there when they tested it? How can you say its not a complete failure, because that is a baseless claim as well. And from the article it sounds like that even if there was some advancement, it didn't help much because they have scraped the plans and will be looking for foreign help.
offcourse I should agree with you, when Babur Missile was first tested, it was proclaimed that it is ready for induction.
An usual article from the Pakistani news agency for the local population to make them feel that India admits its failures and Pakistan is ahead of India in defence. The author tried his best to make the readers feel that Indians admitting the failures.
How many times a Pakistan's missile is tested, before it is inducted?
The project is not scrapped, but closed. Agni I and II is inducted. Agni III is in final stage and will be inducted sooner. Akash is cleared for induction. Prithvi is inducted. Nag, Astra and Trishul may be a failure, but made some achievements. I think that 25 years is a reasonable time to develope these missiles for a country which does not have experience or infrastructure. There is no unnecessary cost overruns. Since, the private sectors were not allowed, the DRDO had to set up every infrastructure required for this project. Now the infrastructure is there and private sector is allowed, so the future developments will be shorter and cheaper.
The entire missile program is not closed. Only the IGMDP is closed. The developement of long range missiles will continue with other programes.
With respect to the Indian space program - isn't that a result of collaboration with the Russians (the original SLV's etc)? If so, it also complements the argument that collaborative development, that has been ridiculed by so many when Pakistan was doing it, has been behind most of India's successful programs as well.
Webby,
You are a bad bad boy. How could you post such a video---it would embarrass our indian guests. Now, we can't be mean to them today---there is too much sad news for their defence dept today---first the submarine colliding in the open seas with a ship---hahn---then this sad news---come on---if I was one of them---I would ask you to give us some break---just for the old times sake if for nothing else.
Definetly, in India citizens have the freedom of expression and hence they can come and raise there voice on any kind of annoyance in association with Missile programs. But article which is posted above from DAWN, the creadibility of the same speak for itself very loudly, correspondant who had wrote this article didn't gave his name either with the article. In order to define the supramacy of missile, correspondent must come up with some technical specification on the basis of which he can prove the supremacy of Pakistani missile over Indian one, but in reality it is abscent.
The Mail Today quoted S. Prahlada, chief of the Control Research and Development, DRDO, as saying that development and production of most of the futuristic weapon systems would henceforth be undertaken with foreign collaboration.
With regard to the nuclear-capable Agni series, comprising I and II, the newspaper quoted army sources as saying while they had been tested five times each “a handful of tests are not enough to prove a missile’s worth”.
There were different problems with other systems too.
“Pakistan has always been one step ahead of India in its missile programme,” the newspaper said, adding that Islamabad has “a much more robust missile force than India, one capable of launching nuclear weapons to any part in this country.”
Atleast be sincere in accusing India of coolaboration with regards to space programm.
Offcourse, the foundation of Indian space program was laid in cooperation with Russians and it is widely known fact. Alongwith Russians, India also sourced cooperation from European Space Agency, NASA.
Ministry of Defence Slams Mainstream Media's Slanderous Lies - Missile Program On Track
Ministry of Defence Slams Mainstream Media's Slanderous Lies - Missile Program On Track
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Dated 9/1/2008
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It has been reported in a section of the media today that “Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) as a Strategic Programme stands Scrapped”.
It is hereby clarified that except for Agni demonstrator, which was successfully completed in 1989, all other projects under IGMDP are related to Tactical Missiles such as anti-tank Nag, short range Trishul, medium range Akash and Prithvi for artillery role with conventional warheads. All these missiles have since been developed. All are entering Service in one form or other. With this, objectives of IGMDP originally envisaged stand completed.
Strategic Missile Program is entirely indigenous and is being pursued through a number of separate projects. All of them are progressing as per schedule and no Strategic System has been scrapped.
http://www.twocircles.net/2008jan08/india_develop_new_missile_systems_foreign_collaboration.htmlThe official media in New Delhi said while India would be collaborating with Israel for development of surface-to-air upgraded spider missiles, for Astra, beyond-visual range air-to-air missile, New Delhi has roped in French and Russian collaborators.