Firstly, I don't need to contact him because he didn't mention any change in his speech, or maybe you can point out where he said about shifting;
I think India would shelve A3 after A5 is commissioned and deployed. A3 had served its purpose and maybe it would be used further as a test bed.
Unlike Prithvi missiles which were difficult to work with due to liquid fuel, Agni 3 is not difficult to work with. Agni 3 may be stopped from production as the difference between Agni 5 and Agni 3 is minimal in size and hence the difference in cost may also be minimal. But shelving is unwarranted.
or could be upgraded to A 5 with an addition of stage? A3 with MARV would be good for Pakis or can be developed in ASBM?
A3 was already improved in line of A4 and A5. Its weight was reduced to just 23 tons from 48 tons. So A3 is a state of art missile now.
A3 has been a stepping stone for A5. If you have noticed the last trial of A5, it was tested for 3K Km instead of its full range. Improvements brought in A3 has been corporated in A5. So I think with A5 finally reaching acceptance stage, A3 would see some more launch in coming days with improvements. It would become a test bed for new techs in coming days IMO.
Clearly you need to look again
Well if better sense has indeed prevailed and you indeed wish to listen carefully to what ModiJi has to say, you can start by listening and paying heed to his views and advice on BRI and on working together in cooperation and not confrontation.
In kargil war, we has less then double digits, Prithvi and agni missiles with nuke ready, just in case.
That is not necessarily true. No one tells these things. India was not interested in using nuclear bombs for a skirmish. Also, USA switched off GPS to avoid India from using it as guidance.
In 1999 Indian guidance was not advanced. It only got advanced later.
NFU changed the day India launched nuclear submarines and SLBMs (K15 K4 K5 K6) and Agni-5. For NFU you need to keep missiles and warheads seperately and unmated but with nuclear submarines and SLBMs and canisterized Agni-5/6 the whole game has changed.
No first useis different from keeping nuclear warhead mated on missiles. No first use is only about not using it first ' out of choice', not by avoiding the capabilities of first use
Prithvi 2 very much had a strap on inertial guidance system in place. Also I doubt we ever got a military grade signal from the American GPS and could only be augmented.
NFU generally means minimum deterrence which means there are quite a lot systems which you don't need, such as 24-7 surveillance system, early warning system, long hours patrolling strategic bombers, etc;
The member sayareakd once mentioned that Prithvi only got around 120 shoots until 2018. If his figure is right (it matches some online figures), barely 4 times per year, considering India has 4 missile groups armed with this weapon, that means each group got only one shooting chance. That is barely enough to check the quality of a short-range missiles in stock. In the meantime, US carried out more than 160 times tests for her ICBM trident 2.
Just like China, India's warheads are stored separately from missiles and in a disassembled state.
The game hasn't changed because all of the weapons in your list haven't entered service or patrolling with nuclear warhead.
To the fanboy like you, nuclear war is just another TV game, isn't it? India doesn't even have the necessary systems in place to put your weapon on hair trigger.
Yes, typical fanboy thinking: one Chinese guesses Agni-5 maybe 8000km, every Indian fanboy jumps up, "Now, Chinese acknowledge Agni-5 is a true ICBM". Sorry to wake up your dream, no, Chinese doesn't think the range of this missile is 8000km and it is outdated.
Of course Indians are going to be fans of India. Should Indians be fans of China, instead?
