Agni-VI all set to take shape

[roma]

^^ Exactly. 6000 is just a number. It doesn't give away the true range of the weapon. No organisation develops a 5000km missile, followed by a 6000km one. The range has got to be from 8000-11000 Imho. We are possibly looking at Surya ICBM.

no doubt he is uderstating the actual range ....but a major new developmental change is also single warhead to MIRV

 

[roma]

I hope its canisterised for Rapid deployment. But do we need an ICBM of 8000-12000km range. I mean are you going to fire this at the US or Russia????

that is why he understated range but also main change being MIRV , he is therefore enhancing the claim that range increase is not the main point thus re-assuring the west that is is more for a certain country and not them

 

[roma]

Using a number of 150 kilotons for each MIRV. A missile with 4-6 warheads would
be able to deliver close to 1/2 -1 megaton over different targets. Or using another
analogy it would deliver destructive power of 30-60 hiroshimas (17 kilotons).

isnt india's standard workhorse nuke 200kT rather than 150 ? ...so that would be more than 30 Hiroshimas as the minimum

 

[LETHALFORCE]

isnt india's standard workhorse nuke 200kT rather than 150 ? ...so that would be more than 30 Hiroshimas as the minimum

I was being fairly conservative but you are right, MIRV would also offer a diversity
Of targets and a guarantee of penetrating any defenses.

 

[sesha_maruthi27]

At last the SURYA ICBM is raising like the real SURYA..........

 

[sayareakd]

isnt india's standard workhorse nuke 200kT rather than 150 ? ...so that would be more than 30 Hiroshimas as the minimum

Old school is 200KT with weight under 1000 kg, that is why Agni 1 to 3 have all standard weight for payload as 1000 kgs. (A3 has sometime said to be 1500kg). Now the new generation have less weight

 

[spikey360]

no doubt he is uderstating the actual range ....but a major new developmental change is also single warhead to MIRV

You know something funny? He doesn't even need to understate the actual range. There are enough clever people in USA, Russia, Europe, China to know that a nation doesn't increment its strike range by a mere 1000 Km. It is almost laughable.
Either RAW is testing the waters before the true range is revealed or the whole thing is an elaborate hoax to scare someone.

 

[Broccoli]

isnt india's standard workhorse nuke 200kT rather than 150 ? ...so that would be more than 30 Hiroshimas as the minimum

Pakistanis claimed that their weapon yields were up to 40kt, but in reality all tests had yields less than 20kt.
Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons Program - 1998: The Year of Testing

Indian tests also had less yield than what Indian government sources claim.
What Are the Real Yields of India's Tests?

The consensus among outside seismic experts is that the yields of most Indian tests are overstated (particularly Pokhran-I or "Smiling Buddha" and Shakti-I), and that the very existence of Shakti IV-V is in question. Interestingly, the case with the Pakistani tests (conducted in a far different geological environment) is similar - claimed yields do not match the seismic evidence. No well-founded explanation is available for such a consistent pattern of deception by both India and Pakistan.

Compare those to Chinese test program.

Following the resumption of testing in 1987, an analysis of Chinese test yields suggests at least two additional designs:--Two tests in the 200"300 KT range probably involved the warhead for the DF"21/JL"1 proposed in 1986 by Deng Jiaxian and YuMin. Then, in September 1992, China conducted a low yield test that was reported to validate an aspherical primary for a miniaturized nuclear warhead that could arm the DF"31/JL"2. This development probably obviated the DF"21/JL"1 warhead. China announced its intention to complete negotiations on a CTBT "no later than 1996" following the first full scale test of the warhead for the DF"31 in October 1993. Six tests in the 50"150 KT range probably completed validation for the design.

Page 108 and good diagram of Chinese tests can be found on page 109.
http://www.cissm.umd.edu/papers/files/the_minimum_means_of_reprisal.pdf

 

[LETHALFORCE]

You know something funny? He doesn't even need to understate the actual range. There are enough clever people in USA, Russia, Europe, China to know that a nation doesn't increment its strike range by a mere 1000 Km. It is almost laughable.
Either RAW is testing the waters before the true range is revealed or the whole thing is an elaborate hoax to scare someone.

This is far from a hoax if a missile has 2 or more stages it should be obvious
what the ranges will be.

 

[sayareakd]

@Broccoli where did Pak and Chini nukes jump into this discussion ? has anyone asked about this ?

 

[arnabmit]

Is AgniVI = AgniV+MIRV?

 

[sayareakd]

Is AgniVI = AgniV+MIRV?

A5 plus additional massala and MaRV.

 

[Bhadra]

A5 plus additional massala and MaRV.

If it were to be real "Masala", no in in the world would ever make a missile except India..

India = lots of masala

 

[LETHALFORCE]

A5 plus additional massala and MaRV.

Saya there was a thread i posted earlier where it was rumored that MARV
has been tested on AGNI 2?

 

[Yusuf]

People are BSing us. A6 cannot be anything less than a 10k plus range missile. The drdo person didnt make any sense about A6 being a force multiplier. There can be no "force multiplier" ICBM. what the eff was that about. It makes no sense and we dont have to hide anything from anyone. India is making ICBMs and nothingbto hide in that. The world knows and certainlybwe vant BS them.
MIRVs are there on A5 as well. And we know thst is an 8k range missile. mirv Is not going to ne a first for india on the A6.

 

[natarajan]

Its good to hear ,but is range said by you are true

 

[roma]

You know something funny? He doesn't even need to understate the actual range. There are enough clever people in USA, Russia, Europe, China to know that a nation doesn't increment its strike range by a mere 1000 Km. It is almost laughable.
Either RAW is testing the waters before the true range is revealed or the whole thing is an elaborate hoax to scare someone.

yes ....testing the waters is a better way of putting it

 

[rahulrds1]

Double Post

 

[rahulrds1]

How MIRV(Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle, Missile) works.

Missile contains multiple Warheads.

Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[LETHALFORCE]

In the MIRV'd 4-6 warheads 1-2 will be decoys.