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Did I mention 'firing solution'? It already estimates where the ship would be in the seconds ahead! Also 100m is the distance a ship could possibly traverse once the lock is acquired....not necessarily when the lock is lost due to plasma (if any. I totally doubt if it'll come to that)

Highly doubt hydrazine was used. That’s a fav fuel of ISRO and India’s first gen missiles (liquid fueled). Hydrazine is a BAD fuel for defense products as it cannot to prefilled in the missile due to its corrosive nature. Even if one were to assume that LEO sat takedowns have sufficient lead...

You mean knowing where the target is before missile launch? That has to be done via other surveillance capabilities. P8I being one; LEO sats will be the best option.

I was thinking that it would have a RF/SAR-Imaging seeker than an IIR seeker. Atmospheric reentry is not a big issue because: firstly, the KV will be designed to be sleek (offer least resistance....much like an ICBM warhead); secondly if the seeker can get a target lock at around 100 kms and...

With the kind of sensitivity and control attained by the divert thrusters in the ASAT KKV, I think a very similar KKV could be used in the Anti-ship Ballistic missile that's supposed to be in conception.

LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The KKV is a new one....it has to be tested! Now DRDO/ISRO has become so proficient with rocket technology that they can fix any which rocket with another other and make a new multi-stage rocket!! It's phenomenal! The final version of the interceptor missiles could be different....in fact they...

If I inspect the AD-1 & AD-2 sketches.....what I find is: AD-2 2 booster stages. 1 Kill vehicle AD-1 1 booster stage. 2 (or 3?) Kill vehicles If I have to guess, AD-2 is for mid-course interception before the warheads have separated. AD-2 is for high altitude terminal-phase interception that's...

The KKV is a 1.8 tonne vehicle :-) It probably carried a lot of fuel within. That said, at the second stage separation the KKV would have had sufficient upward velocity to help it climb much of the remaining distance by sheer momentum. (the separation process itself would give it an upward boost)

I already concurred (earlier post) that the seeker range was probably more than what VK Saraswat had told us.

No time to argue over simple math/physics. If you're satisfied with you math, I am going to skip the rest of your post.

Upon closer inspection, you maybe right. The seeker's range is in the range of 180-200 kms..........if the video is depicting everything to scale AND if both horizontal & vertical scale are the same!

That range that you pointed will be traversed by both the target and the KKV.....while KKV is moving at slower speed than the target.

Good attempt to explain the need for sensitivity in KKV, but u miscalcuated the 'miss distance'. Forward 'closing' velocity and the lateral velocity are not the same :) If IIR seeker is of higher resolution, that would facilitate a more accurate trajectory then a lower 'reaction' time (via the...

VK Saraswat said that the seeker has a range of 50-100kms. The 'range' of the kill vehicle is however 200kms. The KKV could get cues from ground radar before the seeker locks on to the target.

VK Saraswat also mentioned that the new IIR seeker (used in ASAT) has the tracking range and sensitivity to destroy a ballistic missile of 5000kms range - whose velocity is similar to that of the LEO satellite!

How big of an idiot he is is quite obvious! Has any moron ever heard that a missile blows up within 1/10 of the required flight time and the design agency redesigns, rebuilds & retests in SIX WEEKS time???.........and lo it's 100% successful after that!!! These assholes just like to create a...

Some good answers from VK Saraswat... AAD/PDV used RF seekers with a range of 20-30kms IIR seeker in ASAT is of 50-100km range

The article is mostly correct....but for "The divert thruster has been used for the first time" Divert thrusters have always been used for PDV missiles......as can be seen from the images!!! It's definitely 'enhanced' in the ASAT iteration.

A quick Google search revealed this.... https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/11/politics/pentagon-russia-china-laser-threat/index.html It appears that China (& Russia) is indeed developing such laser weapons...it is supposed to attain the capability to damage 'optical' sensors on satellites by next...