Agni-VI Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)

[pmaitra]

Re: Agni-VI missile in works, India to be in world's elite Nuclear Clu

Agni-V has a demonstrated range of 5000 km. Whether it was capped or not, I won't get into that debate. Now, if the Agni-VI is tested with a demonstrated range of 6000 km, it will be a 1000 km range increase over it's predecessor.

 

[sayareakd]

Re: Agni-VI missile in works, India to be in world's elite Nuclear Clu

A5 and A6 are big enough then old series A3 plus new motors so increase in range is more then GOI is saying publicly.

 

[Libertarian]

Re: Agni-VI missile in works, India to be in world's elite Nuclear Clu

Agni-V has a demonstrated range of 5000 km. Whether it was capped or not, I won't get into that debate. Now, if the Agni-VI is tested with a demonstrated range of 6000 km, it will be a 1000 km range increase over it's predecessor.

Some sources claim Agni-V as a 5500 km range missile.

 

[pmaitra]

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Some sources claim Agni-V as a 5500 km range missile.

The key term in my post is "demonstrated range."

 

[Libertarian]

Re: Agni-VI missile in works, India to be in world's elite Nuclear Clu

The key term in my post is "demonstrated range."

The official claim is 5500 km (even the article in the OP states just that), so if this new missile has a 6000 km range, then the range increase would be 500 km and not 1000 km. That was the point I was alluding to.

 

[pmaitra]

Re: Agni-VI missile in works, India to be in world's elite Nuclear Clu

The official claim is 5500 km (even the article in the OP state's just that), so if this new missile has a 6000 km range, then the range increase would be 500 km and not 1000 km. That was the point I was alluding to.

That 5500 km range is unofficial, and hypothetical, in my view. Any article or editorial is a responsibility of the person writing it, and hypotheses might be official for any individual. Agni-V was tested only once, and it covered a distance of 5000 km. That is the demonstrated range of Agni-V. Rest is theoretical range.

I am waiting for this new Agni-VI tested for the claimed 6000 km, or hopefully more.

 

[WMD]

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Agni Missiles: More than what meets the eye?

Personally, I don't believe everything written in this article, but who knows.

 

[sob]

Re: Agni-VI missile in works, India to be in world's elite Nuclear Clu

I dread the word Elite Club. If we go by DRDO claims in the last 2 decades we should have been more powerful than even te US.

 

[Yusuf]

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@Yusuf
But none of the official sources state that.

It's not about official statements but more about analyzing the test of of A5 and also other "reasoning".

Officials don't say things because they will like to maintain ambiguity.

 

[arnabmit]

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Because Agni-5 "inspires confidence"?

It's not about official statements but more about analyzing the test of of A5 and also other "reasoning".

Officials don't say things because they will like to maintain ambiguity.

 

[EXPERT]

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china don't posses this MIRV technology?????
here in the article it only mentions US & RUSSIA.

 

[arnabmit]

Re: Agni-VI missile in works, India to be in world's elite Nuclear Clu

AFAIK China's MIRV is undemonstrated.

china don't posses this MIRV technology?????
here in the article it only mentions US & RUSSIA.

 

[Yusuf]

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Because Agni-5 "inspires confidence"?

You can say that

We (well some of us at least) in DFI tried to put together the pieces and felt the range was 8000 the day it was tested. The launch point, the impact point, the latitude etc.

The Chinese using their assets in Myanmar were able to monitor the test and said the missile has a range of 8000 kms. They said this a few days after the tests.

 

[p2prada]

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I dread the word Elite Club. If we go by DRDO claims in the last 2 decades we should have been more powerful than even te US.

I believe this missile would be a Agni V+ with MIRV.

I don't get the point of increasing the range. It will overshoot the target and missiles will fall in Turkey and Russia instead of Pakistan and China.

Apart from that, we have always been elite.

 

[sayareakd]

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That A6 is for China and any other future threat to our security, assuming we launch it from Kerla.

 

[Illusive]

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I think A6 should be a true ICBM over 12000Km + MIRV, dont need too many range missiles. I hope DRDO increases the yield of warheads too.

 

[Yusuf]

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I think A6 should be a true ICBM over 12000Km + MIRV, dont need too many range missiles. I hope DRDO increases the yield of warheads too.

DRDO cannot increase of the yield the warhead. And the yield of our warheads is good enough right now. Maybe we can make it even smaller but that's the job of those with the nuke program.

 

[sayareakd]

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when you have accurate missile you dont need citi busters maga thermo nukes. Small nukes can take out targets if CEP is single digit.

 

[Yusuf]

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That A6 is for China and any other future threat to our security, assuming we launch it from Kerla.

A5 with 8k range can target Beijing from Kerala. A6 is not for China. Its to show we too have a big penis

 

[LETHALFORCE]

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IMO Agni-7 will be a MIRV'd SLBM;still about 3-7 years away?