Agni V Missile test launch

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India stands tall today: Antony on Agni 5 launch - Rediff.com India News

India stands tall today: Antony on Agni 5 launch

 

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Broadsword: India successfully tests the Agni-5 Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile


India successfully tests the Agni-5 Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile

Ajai do you know the difference between IRBM and ICBM??

 

[Rahul92]

Australian article says it is a 3 warhead MIRV? anyone have conformation of this?

Yes it's a MIRV it can have upto 10 targets

 

[Rahul92]

No Anti Ballistic missile can target AGNI 5 as it can replicate

 

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No Anti Ballistic missile can target AGNI 5 as it can replicate

ABM are ineffective against MIRV's. Many times there are also "DUMMY"
MIRV's to throw ABM's off.

 

[Yusuf]

MIRV has not been tested today.

No it will not and cannot have 10 MIRVs unless you want bomblets on it.

I have told earlier, 1 ton payload divided by 10 MIRV means each warhead will be of 100kgs. I really don't think India has that kind of miniaturized warheads to fit a 250Kt device in 100kgs.

American w88 weighs 400 kgs with variable yield of 300-450kt. W76 weighs 176kgs with a yield of 100kt.

 

[Rahul92]

MIRV has not been tested today.

No it will not and cannot have 10 MIRVs unless you want bomblets on it.

I have told earlier, 1 ton payload divided by 10 MIRV means each warhead will be of 100kgs. I really don't think India has that kind of miniaturized warheads to fit a 250Kt device in 100kgs.

American w88 weighs 400 kgs with variable yield of 300-450kt.

But DRDO official in a Interview said that it can have 4 to 10 targets

 

[Yusuf]

But DRDO official in a Interview said that it can have 4 to 10 targets

I don't suppose you are going to use an ICBM with 10 Hiroshima yield warheads.

Do the math mate. 1Ton Payload. Even the W76 with a yield of 100kt weighs 176kgs. Does India have that kind of sophistication?

 

[trackwhack]

There is a 10 MIRV configuration but its not for 250KT devices, maybe tactical warheads to take several large bases

 

[Yusuf]

There is a 10 MIRV configuration but its not for 250KT devices, maybe tactical warheads to take several large bases

ICBM for tactical use is ridiculous. Any target for an ICBM is strategic. Beijing is not a tactical target.

 

[H.A.]

whats the confusion about....Mr. V K Saraswat clearly says its an IRBM and the news reporter says its ICBM....so A5 is IRBM, right?

Check the Video that saya posted earlier:

http://www.ndtv.com/common/videos/e...idth=418&pHeight=385&category=embed&id=229746

 

[Yusuf]

whats the confusion about....Mr. V K Saraswat clearly says its an IRBM and the news reporter says its ICBM....so A5 is IRBM, right?

Any missile upto 5500 kms if IRBM. If you go by that it's IRBM. But that range disclosed is for international audience.

 

[trackwhack]

ICBM for tactical use is ridiculous.

If the mission is to flatten the North China Sea naval base, ICBM is the only option. Fighters dont have the reach, SSN's dont have the firepower - Which leaves us with ICBM's or SLBM's

Another thing is the fact that the payload is 1.5 tonnes and the MIRV configuration can be payload neutral with advanced versions of the missile having higher payloads just like more range.

But I agree that the 10 warhead configuration is the least likely to be used on the A5, but all the same we do need a 10 warhead configuration as that effectively means that the Arihant with 4 K4's can carry a total of upto 40 warheads, even if each is sub 100KT.

 

[Yusuf]

If the mission is to flatten the North China Sea naval base, ICBM is the only option. Fighters dont have the reach, SSN's dont have the firepower - Which leaves us with ICBM's or SLBM's

Another thing is the fact that the payload is 1.5 tonnes and the MIRV configuration can be payload neutral with advanced versions of the missile having higher payloads just like more range.

But I agree that the 10 warhead configuration is the least likely to be used on the A5.

What is the MIRV for? A single warhead of 250kt flattens the base. The other 2 for other targets. my estimation is that there will be 3 or at best 5 MIRVs.

BTW India is not going to use the ICBM for counter force but for counter value targets. Beijing, Shanghai et al

 

[trackwhack]

What is the MIRV for? A single warhead of 250kt flattens the base. The other 2 for other targets. my estimation is that there will be 3 or at best 5 MIRVs.

BTW India is not going to use the ICBM for counter force but for counter value targets. Beijing, Shanghai et al

If the requirement is to target more than one base spread over a larger area. Remember these are MITRV

 

[H.A.]

What is the MIRV for? A single warhead of 250kt flattens the base. The other 2 for other targets. my estimation is that there will be 3 or at best 5 MIRVs.

BTW India is not going to use the ICBM for counter force but for counter value targets. Beijing, Shanghai et al

Mr. Saraswat himself does say that there can be 4 - 5 MIRV's so i guess the issued should be resolved at the moment until they spring a surprise and add more MIRV's

 

[Godless-Kafir]

Broadsword: India successfully tests the Agni-5 Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile


India successfully tests the Agni-5 Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile

Ajai do you know the difference between IRBM and ICBM??

Its is a 5,000km IRBM, it currently does not leave Asia and reach out to any other continent. Not even western europe.

 

[Yusuf]

If the requirement is to target more than one base spread over a larger area. Remember these are MITRV

1) refer second para of my last post. We will not target naval base.

2) if we had to, we'd still use a TN warhead with one MIRV destined for it.

Indian nuclear arsenal is anybody's guess. We don't know what's the level of sophistication. We don't know it's size. What we do know is that the TN weapon is to be of a 250kt yield. We will not put 20kt warheads on an ICBM.

We will target only Chinese cities with it nothing else.

 

[Yusuf]

Its is a 5,000km IRBM, it currently does not leave Asia and reach out to any other continent. Not even western europe.

That is if you take the word of DRDO and the govt at face value. Indian missile program has been full of surprises over the last few years. Saraswat has also said this is a "new series" of missiles.

Something is cooking!

 

[Mad Indian]

Its is a 5,000km IRBM, it currently does not leave Asia and reach out to any other continent. Not even western europe.

Wrong, it reaches Africa and Europe if launched from the Western Border, not to mention Australia if launched from Andaman- hence it is an ICBM by defn but i dont think it makes much of a difference.

Though I would consider a ballistic missile of 15000km range, capable of Hitting any place in the world as the proper ICBM