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the launch system breaks down too often! the guy i spoke to said that the unit at his base in rajasthan had experienced far too many breakdowns since it was inducted, the serviceability rate as per him hovered around 25-30 % only. i.e out of 12 missiles only 3-4 would actually come online at...

The inside info i got (from somebody whom i will not name) says that the army is not really impressed with the AKASH, especially in the sands of the thar; they are only ordering it because the GOI is not willing to consider other options.

The soviet union and the united states both deployed nuclear tipped surface to air missiles for defense against ballistic missiles maybe the AKASH is going the same way. a few details on the same all info from wikipedia Soviet nuclear tipped SAM's A view of a Soviet ABM-1B Galosh...

A 1) The akash missile does maneuver to chase it's target based on input from ground based radar, however the trajectory must be reasonable. A2) Source: AKASH see attached image for some of the control surfaces of akash A 2)As akash has thrust for the entire length of flight(within...

It seems this is a actively guided missile in that vein , the radar communicates with the missile, if it is through radio waves is it not possible that in a war the enemy ELINT might block the communication between radar and missile

The IAF does not need a high tech 8x8x or 8x6 vehicle near it's airfields as the surfaces on which the IAF Akash launcher is expected to move will anyways be paved and motorable. The TATA chassis means that launch vehicles are cheap(relatively), easily maintainable(commonality with civilain...