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quite guarded statement:
The Hindu : News / International : Agni-V: U.S. says "exercise restraint"
I agree with restraint on use
restraint on capability building no way
The Hindu : News / International : Agni-V: U.S. says "exercise restraint"
I agree with restraint on use
restraint on capability building no way
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I will try...I will dance on the streets...now explain further
Agni V launch: A strategic milestone?
In this video @16:08 Dr. Saraswat says it reached Mach 25+ (~8.5Km/s) and that is for a payload of ~1 ton.
Let us say the payload is reduced to say 500Kg, then the max Mach reached at burnout will be even higher.
Orbital speed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Look at the orbital velocity required for LEO, about 8.2Km/s max.
So it seems to have enough energy to inject payload (RV+some fuel) in orbit, account for drag losses in orbit with on board fuel and deorbit with on board fuel to fall anywhere on planet.
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Thanks for sharing the link.
Out of curiosity, any particular reason you quoted me?
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Wasn't sure your comments were sarcastic or serious.
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now reports are coming along
The Hindu : News / National : In Wheeler Island, a perfect mission sparks celebrations
The atmosphere in the Block House on Wheeler Island turned electric with celebrations on Thursday when it became clear that the Agni-V mission was a resounding success.
Bursts of applause and shouts of 'DRDO Zindabad, Hip Hip Hooray' filled the air, as young scientists lifted up V.K. Saraswat, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister; Avinash Chander, Chief Controller (Missiles and Strategic Systems) DRDO; and V.G. Sekaran, Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory and chaired them around.
The mission was so perfect that the missile's re-entry vehicle hit the waters of the Indian Ocean in the targeted area with an accuracy of a few metres. Dr. Saraswat said the entire mission was monitored by three ships stationed down range, telemetry and radars along the coast. The data indicated that the mission objectives were fully met. The fireball created by the explosion of the dummy payload was recorded by cameras onboard the ships
Agni-V is such a versatile missile, incorporating as it does several new technologies, that Dr. Saraswat called it "a technological marvel." "This missile belongs to the 21st century not only in timeframe but in technological capability." In terms of deterrence, the missile would be "a game changer," said Dr. Saraswat, himself a missile technologist.
Mr. Avinash Chander stressed that the three-stage missile had several new technologies that contributed to the mission's success. These included rocket motor casings made up of carbon composites, the motors contoured to suit the missile's shape, high-performance navigation, guidance and control systems and rail/road mobile launcher. All the sub-systems fabricated by the DRDO were fully validated.
"This gives us the confidence to go in for larger number [of missiles] and longer ranges. But a longer range is not the issue. Our main focus is on induction [of the missile into the armed forces]," Mr. Chander stressed.
Mr. Chander, who also acted as Programme Director, Agni-V, said: "With Agni-V, we can reach all targets of interest from deep inside India. The same system allows you to reach the farthest corners where you want to exert your influence while providing sufficient protection for yourself." Since it could be launched from a road mobile launcher and a canister, it was difficult to intercept the missile and defeat it while being launched.
V.G. Sekaran, Director of Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), Hyderabad, said: "A great advantage in the configuration of Agni-V is that we can further enhance and expand its range. We could upscale Agni-III with a range of 3,500 km to Agni-V in a short time. On similar lines, we can go beyond Agni-V. That is the beauty of Agni-V's configuration. Its up-scaling and mobility is high."
The ASL designed and developed Agni-V.
Dr. Sekaran, the chief designer of the missile, stressed that the rocket motor casings made up of carbon composites gave the missile a better performance.
G. Satheesh Reddy, Associate Director, Research Centre Imarat, said the missile's two navigation systems, on-board computers, control actuator systems and mission interface units used the latest technology. During the mission, the on-board computer estimated the trajectory every few milliseconds and made the missile system follow that path. Besides the propulsion, Mr. Reddy said, both the navigation systems worked perfectly, giving accuracy of a few metres.
The most important technology of inertial navigation, guidance and control systems, which went into the missile, was the brainchild of Research Centre Imarat (RCI), its Director S.K. Chaudhuri said. It was redundantly configured with state-of-the-art systems. All the systems were validated by advanced simulation at the RCI.
Tessy Thomas, Project Director, Agni-V Mission, said: "We had an excellent mission, meeting all objectives from the lift-off to the impact. Three stages of guidance, which were new, could meet the mission objectives fully."
R.K. Gupta was the Project Director for Agni-V.
The Hindu : News / National : In Wheeler Island, a perfect mission sparks celebrations
The atmosphere in the Block House on Wheeler Island turned electric with celebrations on Thursday when it became clear that the Agni-V mission was a resounding success.
Bursts of applause and shouts of 'DRDO Zindabad, Hip Hip Hooray' filled the air, as young scientists lifted up V.K. Saraswat, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister; Avinash Chander, Chief Controller (Missiles and Strategic Systems) DRDO; and V.G. Sekaran, Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory and chaired them around.
The mission was so perfect that the missile's re-entry vehicle hit the waters of the Indian Ocean in the targeted area with an accuracy of a few metres. Dr. Saraswat said the entire mission was monitored by three ships stationed down range, telemetry and radars along the coast. The data indicated that the mission objectives were fully met. The fireball created by the explosion of the dummy payload was recorded by cameras onboard the ships
Agni-V is such a versatile missile, incorporating as it does several new technologies, that Dr. Saraswat called it "a technological marvel." "This missile belongs to the 21st century not only in timeframe but in technological capability." In terms of deterrence, the missile would be "a game changer," said Dr. Saraswat, himself a missile technologist.
Mr. Avinash Chander stressed that the three-stage missile had several new technologies that contributed to the mission's success. These included rocket motor casings made up of carbon composites, the motors contoured to suit the missile's shape, high-performance navigation, guidance and control systems and rail/road mobile launcher. All the sub-systems fabricated by the DRDO were fully validated.
"This gives us the confidence to go in for larger number [of missiles] and longer ranges. But a longer range is not the issue. Our main focus is on induction [of the missile into the armed forces]," Mr. Chander stressed.
Mr. Chander, who also acted as Programme Director, Agni-V, said: "With Agni-V, we can reach all targets of interest from deep inside India. The same system allows you to reach the farthest corners where you want to exert your influence while providing sufficient protection for yourself." Since it could be launched from a road mobile launcher and a canister, it was difficult to intercept the missile and defeat it while being launched.
V.G. Sekaran, Director of Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), Hyderabad, said: "A great advantage in the configuration of Agni-V is that we can further enhance and expand its range. We could upscale Agni-III with a range of 3,500 km to Agni-V in a short time. On similar lines, we can go beyond Agni-V. That is the beauty of Agni-V's configuration. Its up-scaling and mobility is high."
The ASL designed and developed Agni-V.
Dr. Sekaran, the chief designer of the missile, stressed that the rocket motor casings made up of carbon composites gave the missile a better performance.
G. Satheesh Reddy, Associate Director, Research Centre Imarat, said the missile's two navigation systems, on-board computers, control actuator systems and mission interface units used the latest technology. During the mission, the on-board computer estimated the trajectory every few milliseconds and made the missile system follow that path. Besides the propulsion, Mr. Reddy said, both the navigation systems worked perfectly, giving accuracy of a few metres.
The most important technology of inertial navigation, guidance and control systems, which went into the missile, was the brainchild of Research Centre Imarat (RCI), its Director S.K. Chaudhuri said. It was redundantly configured with state-of-the-art systems. All the systems were validated by advanced simulation at the RCI.
Tessy Thomas, Project Director, Agni-V Mission, said: "We had an excellent mission, meeting all objectives from the lift-off to the impact. Three stages of guidance, which were new, could meet the mission objectives fully."
R.K. Gupta was the Project Director for Agni-V.
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re entry speed of 7km/s
when our people will start making fun of UK, who is using borrowed ICBM
Canister storage gives N-capable Agni-V missile flexibility - The Times of India
NEW DELHI: After the mischief played by weather gods a day earlier, the god of fire or ''Agni'' came into his own on Thursday morning to hurl a potent fireball more than halfway across the expanse of the Indian Ocean at over 20 times the speed of sound.
India heralded a new era in its "credible" strategic deterrence capability by testing its most ambitious nuclear missile - the over 5,000-km range Agni-V - that brings all of China and much more within its strike envelope.
With the launch of the 50-tonne missile from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast at 8.07 am, and its 20-minute flight to an ''impact point towards western Australia'', India also yanked open the door to the super-exclusive ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) club that counts only the US, Russia, China, France and the UK as its members.
India can, however, can sit at this high table only when the 17.5-metre tall Agni-V, which just about meets the 5,500-km ICBM benchmark, becomes fully operational after ''four to five repeatable tests'' and user-trials. It will be around 2015 that the three-stage, solid-fuelled missile will be ready for deployment by the tri-Service Strategic Forces Command.
That didn't dampen the celebrations though. ''It's a game-changer...a super hit. India is a major missile power now. I don't think it will take more than two years for Agni-V to be ready for induction,'' an elated DRDO chief, V K Saraswat, told TOI soon after the test.
Chief controller (missiles and strategic systems) Avinash Chander said, ''We have met all the mission objectives...All the three stages of propulsion, with indigenously developed composite rocket motors, worked perfectly.''
The maiden test of Agni-V, designed to carry a 1.5-tonne nuclear warhead, expectedly generated waves around the globe. The missile, after all can deliver multiple warheads and cover the whole of Asia, 70% of Europe, eastern Africa and other regions, leaving only continental America beyond its deadly reach.
Even as PM Manmohan Singh, defence minister A K Antony congratulated the scientists for ''doing the country proud'', the US took note of India's ''solid non-proliferation record''.
China, however, made its displeasure clear despite its own huge nuclear and missile arsenals that completely dwarf the Indian capacity. Beijing, for instance, has well over four times the nuclear warheads that New Delhi possesses.
Moreover, the People's Liberation Army has missiles like the 11,200-km Dong Feng-31A that can hit any Indian city, and even unnerves the US. It also has nuclear missile bases in Qinghai province, which house the DF-21 missiles that unmistakably target India.
India, with a declared ''no first-use'' nuclear doctrine, could have gone in for a much higher range ICBM, say top officials. But Agni-V, with its ''very short reaction time as well as very high mobility for requisite operational flexibility'', takes care of India's ''current threat perceptions and primary area of concern''.
The test itself was a huge technological and logistical challenge. After lifting-off from the mobile launcher at the test range, the missile being propelled by the first stage that burnt out and separated in 90 seconds tore into the sky.
After heading into space during its parabolic trajectory, reaching an altitude of 600-km, the missile then re-entered the atmosphere powered by the third stage.
The missile reached hypersonic velocities of around 7,000-metre per second in the terminal stage before splashing down in the southern Indian Ocean, all along being monitored by shore and warship-based tracking systems.
''All three stages went off extremely well. The re-entry parameters were superb...all terminal events related to detonation of the warhead (it was a dummy payload for the test) happened in textbook style. As missile scientists, we could not have expected anything better,'' Saraswat told TOI.
The armed forces have already inducted Agni-I (700-km) and Agni-II (2,500-km), which are both basically meant to account for a threat from Pakistan. The 3,000-km Agni-III (under induction), 3,500-km Agni-IV (tested for the first time last November) and Agni-V have been designed with China in their scheme of things.
Unlike the earlier largely rail-mobile missiles, Agni-V can be easily stored in hermitically sealed canisters and swiftly transported atop launcher trucks by road. This will give the armed forces the required operational flexibility to pick and choose from where to launch the missiles.
Agni-V has a ''highly accurate'' inertial navigation system and will get an even more potent punch with MIRV (multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles) warheads. An MIRV payload carries several nuclear warheads on a single missile that can be programmed to hit different targets.
A flurry of MIRV missiles can hence completely overwhelm an adversary's ballistic missile defences. DRDO has also worked to reduce the radar and other ''signatures'' of missiles like Agni-IV and Agni-V to make them ''much more immune to counter-measures''.
''Indigenous content'' in India's strategic missiles has ''gone up to such a level'', with ring-laser gyros, composite rocket motors, micro-navigation systems and the like, that ''no technology control regime'' can derail them any longer, added the DRDO chief.
when our people will start making fun of UK, who is using borrowed ICBM
Canister storage gives N-capable Agni-V missile flexibility - The Times of India
NEW DELHI: After the mischief played by weather gods a day earlier, the god of fire or ''Agni'' came into his own on Thursday morning to hurl a potent fireball more than halfway across the expanse of the Indian Ocean at over 20 times the speed of sound.
India heralded a new era in its "credible" strategic deterrence capability by testing its most ambitious nuclear missile - the over 5,000-km range Agni-V - that brings all of China and much more within its strike envelope.
With the launch of the 50-tonne missile from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast at 8.07 am, and its 20-minute flight to an ''impact point towards western Australia'', India also yanked open the door to the super-exclusive ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) club that counts only the US, Russia, China, France and the UK as its members.
India can, however, can sit at this high table only when the 17.5-metre tall Agni-V, which just about meets the 5,500-km ICBM benchmark, becomes fully operational after ''four to five repeatable tests'' and user-trials. It will be around 2015 that the three-stage, solid-fuelled missile will be ready for deployment by the tri-Service Strategic Forces Command.
That didn't dampen the celebrations though. ''It's a game-changer...a super hit. India is a major missile power now. I don't think it will take more than two years for Agni-V to be ready for induction,'' an elated DRDO chief, V K Saraswat, told TOI soon after the test.
Chief controller (missiles and strategic systems) Avinash Chander said, ''We have met all the mission objectives...All the three stages of propulsion, with indigenously developed composite rocket motors, worked perfectly.''
The maiden test of Agni-V, designed to carry a 1.5-tonne nuclear warhead, expectedly generated waves around the globe. The missile, after all can deliver multiple warheads and cover the whole of Asia, 70% of Europe, eastern Africa and other regions, leaving only continental America beyond its deadly reach.
Even as PM Manmohan Singh, defence minister A K Antony congratulated the scientists for ''doing the country proud'', the US took note of India's ''solid non-proliferation record''.
China, however, made its displeasure clear despite its own huge nuclear and missile arsenals that completely dwarf the Indian capacity. Beijing, for instance, has well over four times the nuclear warheads that New Delhi possesses.
Moreover, the People's Liberation Army has missiles like the 11,200-km Dong Feng-31A that can hit any Indian city, and even unnerves the US. It also has nuclear missile bases in Qinghai province, which house the DF-21 missiles that unmistakably target India.
India, with a declared ''no first-use'' nuclear doctrine, could have gone in for a much higher range ICBM, say top officials. But Agni-V, with its ''very short reaction time as well as very high mobility for requisite operational flexibility'', takes care of India's ''current threat perceptions and primary area of concern''.
The test itself was a huge technological and logistical challenge. After lifting-off from the mobile launcher at the test range, the missile being propelled by the first stage that burnt out and separated in 90 seconds tore into the sky.
After heading into space during its parabolic trajectory, reaching an altitude of 600-km, the missile then re-entered the atmosphere powered by the third stage.
The missile reached hypersonic velocities of around 7,000-metre per second in the terminal stage before splashing down in the southern Indian Ocean, all along being monitored by shore and warship-based tracking systems.
''All three stages went off extremely well. The re-entry parameters were superb...all terminal events related to detonation of the warhead (it was a dummy payload for the test) happened in textbook style. As missile scientists, we could not have expected anything better,'' Saraswat told TOI.
The armed forces have already inducted Agni-I (700-km) and Agni-II (2,500-km), which are both basically meant to account for a threat from Pakistan. The 3,000-km Agni-III (under induction), 3,500-km Agni-IV (tested for the first time last November) and Agni-V have been designed with China in their scheme of things.
Unlike the earlier largely rail-mobile missiles, Agni-V can be easily stored in hermitically sealed canisters and swiftly transported atop launcher trucks by road. This will give the armed forces the required operational flexibility to pick and choose from where to launch the missiles.
Agni-V has a ''highly accurate'' inertial navigation system and will get an even more potent punch with MIRV (multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles) warheads. An MIRV payload carries several nuclear warheads on a single missile that can be programmed to hit different targets.
A flurry of MIRV missiles can hence completely overwhelm an adversary's ballistic missile defences. DRDO has also worked to reduce the radar and other ''signatures'' of missiles like Agni-IV and Agni-V to make them ''much more immune to counter-measures''.
''Indigenous content'' in India's strategic missiles has ''gone up to such a level'', with ring-laser gyros, composite rocket motors, micro-navigation systems and the like, that ''no technology control regime'' can derail them any longer, added the DRDO chief.
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Business Line : Opinion : Agni V, a game changer
The successful launch of Agni-V, the ballistic missile with a reach of 5,000 km, and capability to deliver 1.5 tonne payload, including nuclear, could well signal the arrival of India as a missile power. This, will be a fitting addition to its status as a nuclear and space power and will enhance the much needed strategic deterrence required amidst a hostile neighbourhood.
Agni V will be a game changer for India in several ways. It will propel India, into the very exclusive club of nations with the capability to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). This includes, the US, Russia, France and China.
The success marks the validation of a host of key technologies that one cannot get for money or friendship. It demonstrates, the high quality and standardisation of components, sub-systems and systems made by the Indian industry. More than 20 national labs and 200 industry are associated with the mega-Agni programme.
The major milestone moment for the country also proves that the entire weapons system is validated in the maiden trial itself.
In addition to several technologies like navigation, re-entry, solid propellants, launch from rail mobile platform, onboard computation, the test also gives a boost to the strategic command system and the readiness to use the system as well as delivery to the user — Army, say defence scientists.
The Indian missile programme can step into a new era building on the confidence derived from the Agni project. It will give an impetus to the future missile programme of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). This includes development of multiple warhead delivering capabilities, MARVs (Manouevring re-entry Vehicles), create an anti-satellite interception capability, all of high precision, speed and capability.
The outflow or spin-offs of proving a complex system as Agni V will give a big boost to the tactical and short range missiles that the DRDO is developing.
The entire monitoring, tracking and data collection and transmission system will also be strengthened. The Interim Test Range (ITR), Balasore is also being beefed up. A new test range is being proposed at Port Blair along with the expansion of facilities along the coast to collect data in realtime, as well as naval ships.
The fire power that the five systems of Agni pack will give a new dimension to the country's defence. For the scientists involved it is a major milestone and a dream come true, as echoed by Dr Avinash Chander, the Chief Controller (missiles and strategic systems), who was directing the launch today and has been associated with the Agni missile development right through.
The Agni Story
The journey of Agni, which began around 25 years ago can be divided into two phases. The first phase or technology demonstrator under Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and followed by Dr R.N. Agarwal was undertaken in the late 1980s.
The second phase is from 1999-2012. During this phase the DRDO scientists achieved big strides, demonstrating Agni I to Agni V missile systems.
After an initial technical problem, the first technology demonstrator of Agni was proved in May 1989, when Dr Kalam, as the Director of Defence Research and Development Laboratory and Project leader of Agni, announced its success to the world, from Hyderabad. During 1989-94, three flight trials were carried out with different fuels — solid, liquid and ranges of 700 to 1000 km.
Having established initial capabilities, the programme was taken to the more challenging weaponisation phase in 1995.
The Congress Government led by Mr P.V. Narasimha Rao gave the green signal for the ambitious programme.
The DRDO, with its growing missile complex in Hyderabad, undertook the first test with the weapon system for a range of 700 km in 1999 with success.
This ushered in the present dream run of 13 years, wherein the missile scientists have demonstrated the capability to develop and prove the Agni and Prithvi (300 km) missiles from 700 km to long range of 5,000 km, with full weapon systems.
"This is a remarkable achievement, and unparalleled given the challenges the country had to face," says Dr Avinash Chander.
COMPLETELY INDIGENOUS
The other big stride achieved in this period is the shortening of the development cycles. This in turn cuts down on the costs. For example, the design to delivery of the missile system is around 5-7 years. With the Agni missile being fully home-grown and technology 100 per cent indigenous, the cost of producing an Agni missile will be less than a third of similar systems, say DRDO scientists.
If Agni-II took nearly 10 years, the recent Agni-III and IV will take less than 5 years for induction. Even Agni-V is expected to be inducted into the armed forces by 2015, according to Dr V.K. Saraswat, Chief of DRDO and Scientific Advisor to the Raksha Mantri. India does not need any foreign assistance for the surface-to-surface missiles of the Agni class, he declared recently.
At another end, the trial also shows the synergy between DRDO labs and industry. The maturity attained by Indian industry in fabricating critical components, systems, assembly and necessary hardware is another gain in the process. With a large number of small and medium enterprises and even large corporates participating in the programmes, the creation of industrial infrastructure will be a big differentiator in the future for defence production.
With the country setting aside huge budgets on defence, the mega projects and the defence offsets that they carry point to big opportunities to the domestic industry.
Public sector companies such as Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), have created infrastructure and facilities to manufacture missiles and critical electronics systems to the demands of the defence forces.
As they say, there is no greater draw than success. The super performance of Agni V today could open the doors for both Indian industry and draw people to take up challenging tasks in research and development in strategic sectors.
The successful launch of Agni-V, the ballistic missile with a reach of 5,000 km, and capability to deliver 1.5 tonne payload, including nuclear, could well signal the arrival of India as a missile power. This, will be a fitting addition to its status as a nuclear and space power and will enhance the much needed strategic deterrence required amidst a hostile neighbourhood.
Agni V will be a game changer for India in several ways. It will propel India, into the very exclusive club of nations with the capability to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). This includes, the US, Russia, France and China.
The success marks the validation of a host of key technologies that one cannot get for money or friendship. It demonstrates, the high quality and standardisation of components, sub-systems and systems made by the Indian industry. More than 20 national labs and 200 industry are associated with the mega-Agni programme.
The major milestone moment for the country also proves that the entire weapons system is validated in the maiden trial itself.
In addition to several technologies like navigation, re-entry, solid propellants, launch from rail mobile platform, onboard computation, the test also gives a boost to the strategic command system and the readiness to use the system as well as delivery to the user — Army, say defence scientists.
The Indian missile programme can step into a new era building on the confidence derived from the Agni project. It will give an impetus to the future missile programme of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). This includes development of multiple warhead delivering capabilities, MARVs (Manouevring re-entry Vehicles), create an anti-satellite interception capability, all of high precision, speed and capability.
The outflow or spin-offs of proving a complex system as Agni V will give a big boost to the tactical and short range missiles that the DRDO is developing.
The entire monitoring, tracking and data collection and transmission system will also be strengthened. The Interim Test Range (ITR), Balasore is also being beefed up. A new test range is being proposed at Port Blair along with the expansion of facilities along the coast to collect data in realtime, as well as naval ships.
The fire power that the five systems of Agni pack will give a new dimension to the country's defence. For the scientists involved it is a major milestone and a dream come true, as echoed by Dr Avinash Chander, the Chief Controller (missiles and strategic systems), who was directing the launch today and has been associated with the Agni missile development right through.
The Agni Story
The journey of Agni, which began around 25 years ago can be divided into two phases. The first phase or technology demonstrator under Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and followed by Dr R.N. Agarwal was undertaken in the late 1980s.
The second phase is from 1999-2012. During this phase the DRDO scientists achieved big strides, demonstrating Agni I to Agni V missile systems.
After an initial technical problem, the first technology demonstrator of Agni was proved in May 1989, when Dr Kalam, as the Director of Defence Research and Development Laboratory and Project leader of Agni, announced its success to the world, from Hyderabad. During 1989-94, three flight trials were carried out with different fuels — solid, liquid and ranges of 700 to 1000 km.
Having established initial capabilities, the programme was taken to the more challenging weaponisation phase in 1995.
The Congress Government led by Mr P.V. Narasimha Rao gave the green signal for the ambitious programme.
The DRDO, with its growing missile complex in Hyderabad, undertook the first test with the weapon system for a range of 700 km in 1999 with success.
This ushered in the present dream run of 13 years, wherein the missile scientists have demonstrated the capability to develop and prove the Agni and Prithvi (300 km) missiles from 700 km to long range of 5,000 km, with full weapon systems.
"This is a remarkable achievement, and unparalleled given the challenges the country had to face," says Dr Avinash Chander.
COMPLETELY INDIGENOUS
The other big stride achieved in this period is the shortening of the development cycles. This in turn cuts down on the costs. For example, the design to delivery of the missile system is around 5-7 years. With the Agni missile being fully home-grown and technology 100 per cent indigenous, the cost of producing an Agni missile will be less than a third of similar systems, say DRDO scientists.
If Agni-II took nearly 10 years, the recent Agni-III and IV will take less than 5 years for induction. Even Agni-V is expected to be inducted into the armed forces by 2015, according to Dr V.K. Saraswat, Chief of DRDO and Scientific Advisor to the Raksha Mantri. India does not need any foreign assistance for the surface-to-surface missiles of the Agni class, he declared recently.
At another end, the trial also shows the synergy between DRDO labs and industry. The maturity attained by Indian industry in fabricating critical components, systems, assembly and necessary hardware is another gain in the process. With a large number of small and medium enterprises and even large corporates participating in the programmes, the creation of industrial infrastructure will be a big differentiator in the future for defence production.
With the country setting aside huge budgets on defence, the mega projects and the defence offsets that they carry point to big opportunities to the domestic industry.
Public sector companies such as Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), have created infrastructure and facilities to manufacture missiles and critical electronics systems to the demands of the defence forces.
As they say, there is no greater draw than success. The super performance of Agni V today could open the doors for both Indian industry and draw people to take up challenging tasks in research and development in strategic sectors.
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The Hindu : News / National : A giant leap for India
From a single-stage, liquid-propelled, surface-to-surface Prithvi missile with a 150-km range, which was first launched in 1988, to a three-stage Agni-V that can take out targets 5,000 km away, it has been a "giant leap" for India in less than 25 years.
Agni-V, with all its three stages powered by solid propellants, is a "game-changer" for India in its missile technology capability.
Prithvi was the first of the missiles developed under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP), which was initiated in 1983 and wound up in 2007 after most of its objectives were met. However, the path to indigenous development from Prithvi to Agni-V was not smooth, as India had to overcome technology-denial regimes.
After the successful launch of Prithvi-1 in February 1988 and Agni in May 1989, the United States and other developed countries imposed technology embargoes on India under the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), adversely affecting the availability of electronic devices such as computer processor chips, radio frequency devices, electro-hydraulic components, maraging steel and composite materials such as carbon fibre.
V.K. Saraswat, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, had earlier told The Hindu/Frontline: "This is a very short list. The list runs into hundreds of components and materials."
Undeterred, the DRDO embarked on a massive programme to overcome denial of scores of items. Adopting a consortium approach by roping in many of its laboratories, private industries and universities, the DRDO developed critical components such as phase shifters for phased array radars for the Akash missile; magnesium alloys for Prithvi; and servo-valves, resins and carbon fibres for re-entry systems of Agni.
From the first generation anti-tank missiles in the 1960s to Prithvi, Agni, Akash, Trishul and Nag, the DRDO has designed and developed a variety of missiles that could be launched from different platforms, including a canister. The missiles that have been inducted into the armed forces include Prithvi-1, Prithvi-II, anti-ship Dhanush, surface-to-air Akash and surface-to-surface Agni-1 (700 km), Agni-II (2,500 km) and Agni-III (3,500 km).
Among the strategic systems, the Agni missiles form the bulwark of India's nuclear deterrence strategy, which is based on the no-first-use of nuclear weapons policy.
India also realised the need for a Ballistic Missile Defence system in the late 1990s after Pakistan tested the Ghauri missile with a range of more than 900 km with a capability to carry a nuclear warhead weighing one tonne. To protect vital assets in the shortest possible time, a two-layered air defence system was conceived. The very first interceptor missile test was an unalloyed success: an incoming ballistic missile, mimicking the trajectory of an enemy missile, was intercepted and destroyed in exo-atmosphere at an altitude of 48 km in November 2006. The second interceptor test in endo-atmosphere at an altitude of 15 km in December 2007 was also a grand success, validating India's BMD capability.
With supersonic cruise missile BrahMos already inducted into the Army and the Navy, the Akash in the service of the IAF, the nuclear-powered submarine Arihant boasting of K-15 underwater-launched missile, a DRDO missile technologist said: "We have a complete range of missiles to take care of various threats from different quarters."
The focus of the new generation of missiles is on weight reduction and improvement in velocities with high payload fractions, DRDO sources said.
From a single-stage, liquid-propelled, surface-to-surface Prithvi missile with a 150-km range, which was first launched in 1988, to a three-stage Agni-V that can take out targets 5,000 km away, it has been a "giant leap" for India in less than 25 years.
Agni-V, with all its three stages powered by solid propellants, is a "game-changer" for India in its missile technology capability.
Prithvi was the first of the missiles developed under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP), which was initiated in 1983 and wound up in 2007 after most of its objectives were met. However, the path to indigenous development from Prithvi to Agni-V was not smooth, as India had to overcome technology-denial regimes.
After the successful launch of Prithvi-1 in February 1988 and Agni in May 1989, the United States and other developed countries imposed technology embargoes on India under the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), adversely affecting the availability of electronic devices such as computer processor chips, radio frequency devices, electro-hydraulic components, maraging steel and composite materials such as carbon fibre.
V.K. Saraswat, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, had earlier told The Hindu/Frontline: "This is a very short list. The list runs into hundreds of components and materials."
Undeterred, the DRDO embarked on a massive programme to overcome denial of scores of items. Adopting a consortium approach by roping in many of its laboratories, private industries and universities, the DRDO developed critical components such as phase shifters for phased array radars for the Akash missile; magnesium alloys for Prithvi; and servo-valves, resins and carbon fibres for re-entry systems of Agni.
From the first generation anti-tank missiles in the 1960s to Prithvi, Agni, Akash, Trishul and Nag, the DRDO has designed and developed a variety of missiles that could be launched from different platforms, including a canister. The missiles that have been inducted into the armed forces include Prithvi-1, Prithvi-II, anti-ship Dhanush, surface-to-air Akash and surface-to-surface Agni-1 (700 km), Agni-II (2,500 km) and Agni-III (3,500 km).
Among the strategic systems, the Agni missiles form the bulwark of India's nuclear deterrence strategy, which is based on the no-first-use of nuclear weapons policy.
India also realised the need for a Ballistic Missile Defence system in the late 1990s after Pakistan tested the Ghauri missile with a range of more than 900 km with a capability to carry a nuclear warhead weighing one tonne. To protect vital assets in the shortest possible time, a two-layered air defence system was conceived. The very first interceptor missile test was an unalloyed success: an incoming ballistic missile, mimicking the trajectory of an enemy missile, was intercepted and destroyed in exo-atmosphere at an altitude of 48 km in November 2006. The second interceptor test in endo-atmosphere at an altitude of 15 km in December 2007 was also a grand success, validating India's BMD capability.
With supersonic cruise missile BrahMos already inducted into the Army and the Navy, the Akash in the service of the IAF, the nuclear-powered submarine Arihant boasting of K-15 underwater-launched missile, a DRDO missile technologist said: "We have a complete range of missiles to take care of various threats from different quarters."
The focus of the new generation of missiles is on weight reduction and improvement in velocities with high payload fractions, DRDO sources said.
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why agni 5 have no wings? without wings how does it maneuver?
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A 500kg payload mean be a waste on an ICBM. It will allow us just one TNW.
Like is have said in the rest thread, this baby is 8000km range missile. India is just playing the fool about the range so as to not make unnecessary enemies right now. Everything about the missile tells you it's range is a lot more than 5000kms. If its not 8000kms, then it's a very primitive and low tech missile with bad propulsion system and that I don't think is the case.
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not exact words as jingoes wished, but ok, see the difference between rajat pandit's reports in ToI and this
The Hindu : News / National : Agni-V propels India into elite ICBM club
India on Thursday propelled itself into an elite club of nations with Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) technology by successfully test-firing nuclear-capable Agni-V, which covered a range of more than 5,000 km.
The significance of the success lies in the fact that Agni-V is the most formidable missile in India's arsenal, with the longest range. With this grand success, India joins the U.S., Russia, France and China, which have ICBM capability. With India's policy of no-first-use of nuclear weapons, Agni-V will provide the country with depth in deterrence.
In a flawless mission, Agni-V, painted in white and black with an orange ribbon across, lifted off majestically from a rail mobile launcher at 8.04 a.m. from the Wheeler Island, off the Odisha coast. After a 20-minute flight, the missile's nose-cone carrying a dummy payload impacted near the pre-designated target area with an accuracy of few metres between Australia and Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.
After the lift-off, it cut a ballistic path across the sky reaching a height of 600 km, before rapidly descending. The mission was so smooth that the missile's three stages ignited on time and decoupled with clockwork precision before the re-entry vehicle was injected into the atmosphere at an altitude of 100 km with a velocity of 6,000 metres per second. The re-entry vehicle withstood scorching temperatures of about 3,000 degree Celsius as it sliced into the atmosphere at a remarkably accurate angle.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has designed and developed Agni-V. Although DRDO officials claim that Agni-V "is not any country-specific," the fact remains that the missile can reach most parts of China. In a flawless mission, Agni-V, painted in white and black with an orange ribbon across, lifted off majestically from a rail mobile launcher at 8.04 a.m. from the Wheeler Island, off the Odisha coast. After a 20-minute flight, the missile's nose-cone carrying a dummy payload impacted near the pre-designated target area with an accuracy of few metres between Australia and Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.
After the lift-off, it cut a ballistic path across the sky reaching a height of 600 km, before rapidly descending. The mission was so smooth that the missile's three stages ignited on time and decoupled with clockwork precision before the re-entry vehicle was injected into the atmosphere at an altitude of 100 km with a velocity of 6,000 metres per second. The re-entry vehicle withstood scorching temperatures of about 3,000 degree Celsius as it sliced into the atmosphere at a remarkably accurate angle.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has designed and developed Agni-V. Although DRDO officials claim that Agni-V "is not any country-specific," the fact remains that the missile can reach most parts of China. The three-stage, 17-metre tall Agni-V, weighing 50 tonnes, is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead of 1.1 tonnes.
During the final, pre-launch moments, there was an air of anxiety and expectation in the Mission Control Room as V.K. Saraswat, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and other missile technologists sat in front of computer consoles.
Moments after the mission's success, Dr. Saraswat told The Hindu: "Today, we have made history. We are a major missile power." India was among the select group of countries to have the capability to design, develop, build and manufacture a long-range missile of this class and technological complexity. "The versatile capability of this missile will enable India to leapfrog into areas of Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicles (MIRVs), anti-satellite weapons and the capability to launch satellites on demand. This will usher in a new era of missile development in India," he asserted.
"Fantastic mission"
Avinash Chander, Chief Controller (Missiles and Strategic Systems), DRDO, and Programme Director, Agni-V, called it a "fantastic mission, which has achieved a range of more than 5,000 km." The success gave India the confidence to go ahead with a larger number of missiles and longer ranges, he added.
V.G. Sekaran, Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory, Hyderabad, described the success as "overwhelming."
During the final, pre-launch moments, there was an air of anxiety and expectation in the Mission Control Room as V.K. Saraswat, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and other missile technologists sat in front of computer consoles.
Moments after the mission's success, Dr. Saraswat told The Hindu: "Today, we have made history. We are a major missile power." India was among the select group of countries to have the capability to design, develop, build and manufacture a long-range missile of this class and technological complexity. "The versatile capability of this missile will enable India to leapfrog into areas of Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicles (MIRVs), anti-satellite weapons and the capability to launch satellites on demand. This will usher in a new era of missile development in India," he asserted.
"Fantastic mission"
Avinash Chander, Chief Controller (Missiles and Strategic Systems), DRDO, and Programme Director, Agni-V, called it a "fantastic mission, which has achieved a range of more than 5,000 km." The success gave India the confidence to go ahead with a larger number of missiles and longer ranges, he added.
V.G. Sekaran, Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory, Hyderabad, described the success as "overwhelming."
The Hindu : News / National : Agni-V propels India into elite ICBM club
India on Thursday propelled itself into an elite club of nations with Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) technology by successfully test-firing nuclear-capable Agni-V, which covered a range of more than 5,000 km.
The significance of the success lies in the fact that Agni-V is the most formidable missile in India's arsenal, with the longest range. With this grand success, India joins the U.S., Russia, France and China, which have ICBM capability. With India's policy of no-first-use of nuclear weapons, Agni-V will provide the country with depth in deterrence.
In a flawless mission, Agni-V, painted in white and black with an orange ribbon across, lifted off majestically from a rail mobile launcher at 8.04 a.m. from the Wheeler Island, off the Odisha coast. After a 20-minute flight, the missile's nose-cone carrying a dummy payload impacted near the pre-designated target area with an accuracy of few metres between Australia and Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.
After the lift-off, it cut a ballistic path across the sky reaching a height of 600 km, before rapidly descending. The mission was so smooth that the missile's three stages ignited on time and decoupled with clockwork precision before the re-entry vehicle was injected into the atmosphere at an altitude of 100 km with a velocity of 6,000 metres per second. The re-entry vehicle withstood scorching temperatures of about 3,000 degree Celsius as it sliced into the atmosphere at a remarkably accurate angle.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has designed and developed Agni-V. Although DRDO officials claim that Agni-V "is not any country-specific," the fact remains that the missile can reach most parts of China. In a flawless mission, Agni-V, painted in white and black with an orange ribbon across, lifted off majestically from a rail mobile launcher at 8.04 a.m. from the Wheeler Island, off the Odisha coast. After a 20-minute flight, the missile's nose-cone carrying a dummy payload impacted near the pre-designated target area with an accuracy of few metres between Australia and Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.
After the lift-off, it cut a ballistic path across the sky reaching a height of 600 km, before rapidly descending. The mission was so smooth that the missile's three stages ignited on time and decoupled with clockwork precision before the re-entry vehicle was injected into the atmosphere at an altitude of 100 km with a velocity of 6,000 metres per second. The re-entry vehicle withstood scorching temperatures of about 3,000 degree Celsius as it sliced into the atmosphere at a remarkably accurate angle.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has designed and developed Agni-V. Although DRDO officials claim that Agni-V "is not any country-specific," the fact remains that the missile can reach most parts of China. The three-stage, 17-metre tall Agni-V, weighing 50 tonnes, is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead of 1.1 tonnes.
During the final, pre-launch moments, there was an air of anxiety and expectation in the Mission Control Room as V.K. Saraswat, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and other missile technologists sat in front of computer consoles.
Moments after the mission's success, Dr. Saraswat told The Hindu: "Today, we have made history. We are a major missile power." India was among the select group of countries to have the capability to design, develop, build and manufacture a long-range missile of this class and technological complexity. "The versatile capability of this missile will enable India to leapfrog into areas of Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicles (MIRVs), anti-satellite weapons and the capability to launch satellites on demand. This will usher in a new era of missile development in India," he asserted.
"Fantastic mission"
Avinash Chander, Chief Controller (Missiles and Strategic Systems), DRDO, and Programme Director, Agni-V, called it a "fantastic mission, which has achieved a range of more than 5,000 km." The success gave India the confidence to go ahead with a larger number of missiles and longer ranges, he added.
V.G. Sekaran, Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory, Hyderabad, described the success as "overwhelming."
During the final, pre-launch moments, there was an air of anxiety and expectation in the Mission Control Room as V.K. Saraswat, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and other missile technologists sat in front of computer consoles.
Moments after the mission's success, Dr. Saraswat told The Hindu: "Today, we have made history. We are a major missile power." India was among the select group of countries to have the capability to design, develop, build and manufacture a long-range missile of this class and technological complexity. "The versatile capability of this missile will enable India to leapfrog into areas of Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicles (MIRVs), anti-satellite weapons and the capability to launch satellites on demand. This will usher in a new era of missile development in India," he asserted.
"Fantastic mission"
Avinash Chander, Chief Controller (Missiles and Strategic Systems), DRDO, and Programme Director, Agni-V, called it a "fantastic mission, which has achieved a range of more than 5,000 km." The success gave India the confidence to go ahead with a larger number of missiles and longer ranges, he added.
V.G. Sekaran, Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory, Hyderabad, described the success as "overwhelming."
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The Hyderabadi connection to Agni V
Agni-V success has city scientists on cloud nine - The Times of India
Agni-V success has city scientists on cloud nine - The Times of India
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The Distance between Trivandrum, the Southernmost City in India and Northern most city in China, Harbin is 6400 Km.
The distance between farthest and the northern most extreme of China and southern most extreme of India is 7200 Km
Unless these ranges are achievable by our Strategic Forces with a 1.5 ton payload, one cannot truly say we have achieved deterrence.
Our Missiles need to be in the ranges of 8000 Kilometers in our current threat assessment.
We will have a SLBM capability in sometime, and one has equate for where we would be launching our missiles, Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal or Arabian Sea?
Even here, a range of 8,000 to 10,000 Kilometers is required.
The distance between farthest and the northern most extreme of China and southern most extreme of India is 7200 Km
Unless these ranges are achievable by our Strategic Forces with a 1.5 ton payload, one cannot truly say we have achieved deterrence.
Our Missiles need to be in the ranges of 8000 Kilometers in our current threat assessment.
We will have a SLBM capability in sometime, and one has equate for where we would be launching our missiles, Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal or Arabian Sea?
Even here, a range of 8,000 to 10,000 Kilometers is required.
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See and listen from 18:00 onwards:
The scientist (Dr. Chander) mentions an accuracy of a few hundred metres. The anchor twists that into a CEP of 100 metres. His explanation of CEP is also wrong, and in case a nuclear warhead, little relevant, given the area it can destroy.
When will our news agencies do some research before using such terms, and more importantly, be more responsible?
