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The Surya missile is a speculation about an Inter Continental ballistic missile being developed by India. The first report about the Surya missile was published by the Nonproliferation review in 1995.:happy_8:
According to a report published in The Nonproliferation Review, in the Winter of 1995, Surya (meaning the Sun in Sanskrit and many Indian languages) is the codename for the first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile that India is reported to be developing. The DRDO is believed to have begun the project in 1994. This report has not been confirmed by any other sources until 2010. Officials of the Indian government have repeatedly denied the existence of the project.
According to the report, the Surya is an intercontinental-range, surface-based, solid and liquid propellant ballistic missile. The report further adds that Surya is the most ambitious project in India's Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme.The Surya is speculated to have a range between 12,000 to 16,000 kilometers.
The report of Surya ICBM has not been confirmed by officials of the Indian government and have repeatedly denied the existence of the project. The Surya ICBM is an ICBM program that has been mentioned repeatedly in the Indian press . Surya (meaning Sun in Sanskrit and many other Indian languages) is the codename for the first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile that India is reported to be developing. The DRDO is believed to have begun the project in 1994.
As the missile is yet to be developed, the specifications of the missile are not known and the entire program continues to remain highly secretive.Estimates of the range of this missile vary from 12,000 kms to 16,000 kms. It is believed to be a three-stage design, with the first two stages using solid propellants and the third-stage using liquid. In 2007, the Times of India reported that the DRDO is yet to reveal whether India's currently proposed ICBM will be called Agni-V (or Surya-1). As of 2009 it was reported that the government had not considered an 8,000-km range ICBM
Sources say the DRDO's most treasured dream -- denied in public -- remains the development of an ICBM with a range of 15,000 kilometres, already christened Surya or sun, to match Chinese DF-3 ICBMs that can hit US cities."DRDO scientists are working on miniaturising systems of Agni-III so that a third stage can be squeezed into the 16-metre-long missile to enable it to go up to 5,500 kilometres with the same 1.5-tonne payload,"DRDO chief M. Natarajan told reporters in New Delhi.
Speculated specifications
* Class: ICBM
* Lasing: "Surface based",Underwater based in certain strategic areas & "Submarine" based is its most important aspect which may range upto 12,000 kms
* Length: 40.00 m
* Diameter: 2.8 m
* Launch Weight: 80,000 kg
* Propulsion: First/second stage solid, third liquid
* Warhead Capabilities: 3-10 nuclear warheads of 250-750 kilotons each
* Status: Development / Developed to be tested
* In Service: 2015
* Range: 12,000 - 16,000 km
BASICALLY SURYA ARE OF THREE TYPES
* A 5,000-kilometer Surya-1 might overlap the range of a reported 5,000-kilometer upgrade of the Agni missile.[8] Surya-1 would have only one advantage over such an upgraded Agni: a far larger payload with the ability to carry a large, perhaps thermonuclear warhead or multiple nuclear warheads. India has no reason to need a missile of this range for use against Pakistan. The missile's range is arguably appropriate for military operations against distant targets in China: the range from New Delhi to Beijing is 3,900 kilometers; the range from New Delhi to Shanghai is 4,400 kilometers; and the range from Mumbai to Shanghai is 5,100 kilometers.
* An 8,000-to-12,000-kilometer Surya-2 would be excessive for use against China, although the distance from New Delhi to London is 6,800 kilometers; to Madrid, 7,400 kilometers; to Seattle, 11,500 kilometers; and to Washington, D.C., 12,000 kilometers. In 1997, an article based on information from officials in India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) or higher levels of India's defense establishment stated flatly, "Surya's targets will be Europe and the U.S."[9]
* A 20,000-kilometer-range Surya-3 could strike any point on the surface of the Earth.
SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS IF SURYA SUCCEEDS INDIA WILL BE A DEFINITE GLOBAL FIRE POWER
I WOULD LOVE TO RECEIVE REPLIES JAI HIND !! ..=i+..=i+_=..i2-=
According to a report published in The Nonproliferation Review, in the Winter of 1995, Surya (meaning the Sun in Sanskrit and many Indian languages) is the codename for the first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile that India is reported to be developing. The DRDO is believed to have begun the project in 1994. This report has not been confirmed by any other sources until 2010. Officials of the Indian government have repeatedly denied the existence of the project.
According to the report, the Surya is an intercontinental-range, surface-based, solid and liquid propellant ballistic missile. The report further adds that Surya is the most ambitious project in India's Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme.The Surya is speculated to have a range between 12,000 to 16,000 kilometers.
The report of Surya ICBM has not been confirmed by officials of the Indian government and have repeatedly denied the existence of the project. The Surya ICBM is an ICBM program that has been mentioned repeatedly in the Indian press . Surya (meaning Sun in Sanskrit and many other Indian languages) is the codename for the first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile that India is reported to be developing. The DRDO is believed to have begun the project in 1994.
As the missile is yet to be developed, the specifications of the missile are not known and the entire program continues to remain highly secretive.Estimates of the range of this missile vary from 12,000 kms to 16,000 kms. It is believed to be a three-stage design, with the first two stages using solid propellants and the third-stage using liquid. In 2007, the Times of India reported that the DRDO is yet to reveal whether India's currently proposed ICBM will be called Agni-V (or Surya-1). As of 2009 it was reported that the government had not considered an 8,000-km range ICBM
Sources say the DRDO's most treasured dream -- denied in public -- remains the development of an ICBM with a range of 15,000 kilometres, already christened Surya or sun, to match Chinese DF-3 ICBMs that can hit US cities."DRDO scientists are working on miniaturising systems of Agni-III so that a third stage can be squeezed into the 16-metre-long missile to enable it to go up to 5,500 kilometres with the same 1.5-tonne payload,"DRDO chief M. Natarajan told reporters in New Delhi.
Speculated specifications
* Class: ICBM
* Lasing: "Surface based",Underwater based in certain strategic areas & "Submarine" based is its most important aspect which may range upto 12,000 kms
* Length: 40.00 m
* Diameter: 2.8 m
* Launch Weight: 80,000 kg
* Propulsion: First/second stage solid, third liquid
* Warhead Capabilities: 3-10 nuclear warheads of 250-750 kilotons each
* Status: Development / Developed to be tested
* In Service: 2015
* Range: 12,000 - 16,000 km
BASICALLY SURYA ARE OF THREE TYPES
* A 5,000-kilometer Surya-1 might overlap the range of a reported 5,000-kilometer upgrade of the Agni missile.[8] Surya-1 would have only one advantage over such an upgraded Agni: a far larger payload with the ability to carry a large, perhaps thermonuclear warhead or multiple nuclear warheads. India has no reason to need a missile of this range for use against Pakistan. The missile's range is arguably appropriate for military operations against distant targets in China: the range from New Delhi to Beijing is 3,900 kilometers; the range from New Delhi to Shanghai is 4,400 kilometers; and the range from Mumbai to Shanghai is 5,100 kilometers.
* An 8,000-to-12,000-kilometer Surya-2 would be excessive for use against China, although the distance from New Delhi to London is 6,800 kilometers; to Madrid, 7,400 kilometers; to Seattle, 11,500 kilometers; and to Washington, D.C., 12,000 kilometers. In 1997, an article based on information from officials in India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) or higher levels of India's defense establishment stated flatly, "Surya's targets will be Europe and the U.S."[9]
* A 20,000-kilometer-range Surya-3 could strike any point on the surface of the Earth.
SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS IF SURYA SUCCEEDS INDIA WILL BE A DEFINITE GLOBAL FIRE POWER
I WOULD LOVE TO RECEIVE REPLIES JAI HIND !! ..=i+..=i+_=..i2-=
