Background Work on New Defence/DFI Wiki website

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Wikipedia and DFI can help, but need to put a lot of time on it . First create a list of Missiles or platforms , then find our forum members who interested , let each members to collect Data
But first decide whether to create a website or a another section at the DFI.
 

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But first decide whether to create a website or a another section at the DFI.
That would depend on how elaborate the data is going to be.
If it is a simple list, a dedicated website may not be required.
If it has hyper links to additional information, then separate website would be required.

I would argue, let's collect the data first, then we can take a call on how to embellish the presentation.
 

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Wikipedia and DFI can help, but need to put a lot of time on it . First create a list of Missiles or platforms , then find our forum members who interested , let each members to collect Data
Not super keen on Wikipedia. We will have no control over the data once it is on Wikipedia.
Wikipedia has a history of manipulating india related content.
It can be a secondary medium to replicate the data across platforms, but not the primary.
 

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Found this list.. may not be updated and needs verification.
 

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We should create a more update page on wiki the current wiki format is not sufficient. Should learn from the BRF.
 

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Here you go boys progress so far:


MissileTest typeDateUserStatusPlatformNotes
ShauryaTest20 September 2011 (l)DRDOSuccessful
ShauryaTest20 september 2011 (Il)DRDOSuccessful
ShauryaTest24 september 2011DRDOSuccessful700 km 7.5 Mach
ShauryaTest3 october 2020DRDOSuccessfull800 km 9 Mach
Prithvi 3Test2000DRDOSuccessful
Prithvi 3User Trial2004Strategic Force CommandSuccessful
Prithvi 3User TrialStrategic Force CommandSuccessful
Prithvi 3User TrialStrategic Force CommandSuccessful
Prithvi 2User Night Trial25 September 2020Strategic Force CommandSuccessful
Prithvi 2 User Night Trial 20 November 2019Strategic Force CommandSuccessful
Prithvi 2 User Night Trial 27 June 2019Strategic Force CommandSuccessful
Agni 3User Night Trial 01 December 2019Strategic Force CommandSuccessfulFirst Night Trial
Mission Shakti ASATTest27 March 2019DRDOSuccessful
Nag ATGM Test 08 Jul 2019DRDO Successful Three test conducted in a day
Agni 5 Test 10 Dec 2018DRDO Successful
Agni 5 Test 3 June 2018DRDOSuccessful
Agni 5 Test 18 January 2018DRDOSuccessful
Agni 5 Test 26 December 2016DRDOSuccessful
Agni 5 Test 31 January 2015DRDOSuccessful
Agni 5 Test 15 September 2013DRDOSuccessful
Agni 5 Test 19 April 2012DRDOSuccessfulFirst Test
Agni 4Test 15 November 2011DRDOSuccessfulFirst Test
Agni 4Test 19 September 2012DRDOSuccessful
Agni 4Test 20 January 2014Strategic Force CommandSuccessful
Agni 4User Trial 2 December 2014Strategic Force CommandSuccessful
Agni 4User Trial 9 November 2015Strategic Force CommandSuccessful
Agni 4User Trial 2 January 2017Strategic Force CommandSuccessful
Agni 4User Trial 23 December 2018Strategic Force CommandSuccessful
Agni 3Test 9 Jul 2006DRDO Failure Missile airborne for 5 minutes instead of 15 minutes planned
Agni 3Test 12 April 2007DRDO Successful
Agni 3Test 7 May 2008DRDO Successful
Agni 3User Trial 7 February 2010Strategic Force Command Successful Pre-Induction Trial
Agni 3User Trial 21 September 2012Strategic Force Command Successful
Agni 3User Trial 23 December 2013Strategic Force Command Successful
Agni 3User Trial 16 April 2015Strategic Force Command Successful
Agni 3User Trial 27 April 2017Strategic Force Command Successful
Agni 3User Trial 30 November 2019Strategic Force Command Failure Diverged from flight path after 115 Km
Agni 2Test 11 April 1999DRDO Successful
Agni 2Test 17 January 2001DRDO Successful
Agni 2User Trial 19 May 2009Strategic Forces CommandFailure ?
Agni 2 User Night Trial November 2009Strategic Forces CommandFailure ?
Agni 2 User Trial 17 May 2010Strategic Forces CommandSuccessful
Agni 2 User Trial 30 September 2011Strategic Forces CommandSuccessful
Agni 2 User Trial 9 August 2012Strategic Forces CommandSuccessful
Agni 2 User Trial 7 April 2013Strategic Forces CommandSuccessful
Agni 2 User Night Trial 16 November 2019Strategic Forces CommandSuccessful
Agni 1User Trial 5 October 2007Strategic Forces CommandSuccessfulAgni 1 History incomplete
Agni 1User Trial 27 November 2015Strategic Forces CommandSuccessfulAgni 1 History incomplete
Agni 1User Trial 14 Mar 2016Strategic Forces CommandSuccessfulAgni 1 History incomplete
Agni 1User Trial 22 November 2016Strategic Forces CommandSuccessfulAgni 1 History incomplete
Agni 1User Trial 6 February 2018Strategic Forces CommandSuccessfulAgni 1 History incomplete
Brahmos-SSM - Block ITest 12 June 2001DRDOSuccessfulTested in vertical configuration
Brahmos-SSM - Block ITest28 April 2002DRDOSuccessfulTested on an inclined plane
Brahmos-ASMTest12 February 2003DRDOSuccessfulINS Rajput
Brahmos-SSM - Block ITest29 October 2003DRDOSuccessful
Brahmos-SSM - Block ITest9 November 2003DRDOSuccessfulMobile launcher
Brahmos-ASMTest23 November 2003DRDOSuccessfulINS RajputFired from a moving ship at a decommissioned vessel
Brahmos-SSM - Block ITest13 June 2004DRDOSuccessfulMobile launcherFirst production missile integrated at BrahMos Integration Complex, Hyderabad
Brahmos-ASMTest3 November 2004DRDOSuccessfulINS Rajput
Brahmos-SSMTest21 December 2004DRDOSuccessfulMobile launcherFirst test of land-attack version
Brahmos-ASMUser Trial 15 April 2005Indian NavySuccessfulINS Rajput
Brahmos-SSMUser Trial 30 November 2005Indian ArmySuccessfulMobile launcher
Brahmos-Test31 May 2006SuccessfulMobile launcher
Brahmos-Test16 April 2007SuccessfulMobile launcherFirst test with the "S" maneuver
Brahmos-Test22 April 2007SuccessfulMobile launcher
Brahmos-LACMUser Trial 5 March 2008Indian NavySuccessfulINS RajputFirst test of the land attack variant
Brahmos-ASMUser Trial 18 December 2008Indian NavySuccessfulINS RanvirFirst test from a VLS
Brahmos-SSM - Block IIUser Trial 20 January 2009Indian ArmyFailurePokhran Test RangeMobile launcher
Brahmos-Test4 March 2009Successful
Brahmos-Test29 March 2009Successful
Brahmos-Test29 July 2009Successful
Brahmos-ASMUser Trial 21 March 2010Indian NavySuccessfulINS RanvirTested on decommissioned INS Meen
Brahmos-5 September 2010SuccessfulMobile launcher
Brahmos-SSM - Block IIIUser Trial 2 December 2010Indian ArmySuccessfulMobile launcher
Brahmos-SSM - Block IIIUser Trial 12 August 2011Indian ArmySuccessfulMobile launcher
Brahmos-SSM - Block IIUser Trial 4 March 2012Indian ArmySuccessfulMobile launcherOperational test of the second army regiment
Brahmos-SSM - Block IIIUser Trial 28 March 2012Indian ArmySuccessfulMobile launcher
Brahmos-Test30 March 2012DRDOSuccessfulMobile launcher
Brahmos-Test29 July 2012DRDOFailureMobile launcherDevelopmental flight test with 25 new subsystems and components
Brahmos-ASMUser Trial 7 October 2012Indian NavySuccessfulINS TegTested with a GLONASS navigation system derived from Kh-101
Brahmos-Test9 January 2013SuccessfulNaval shipTested with double maneuver in "S" form
Brahmos-SLCMTest20 March 2013DRDOSuccessfulUnderwater pontoonFirst test from a submerged platform
Brahmos-ASMUser Trial 22 May 2013Indian NavySuccessfulINS TarkashAcceptance Test Firing
Brahmos-SSM - Block IIIUser Trial 18 November 2013Indian ArmySuccessfulMobile launcherDestroyed a hardened target
Brahmos-ASMUser Trial 7 February 2014Indian NavySuccessfulINS Trikand2 missiles test fired in salvo mode
Brahmos-SSM - Block IIIUser Trial 7 April 2014Indian ArmySuccessfulMobile launcherTested in steep dive-cum-target discrimination mode
Brahmos-ASMUser Trial 9 June 2014Indian NavySuccessfulINS Kolkata
Brahmos-SSMUser Trial 8 July 2014Indian ArmySuccessfulMobile launcherFirst test with advanced guidance system and indigenously built software algorithm
Brahmos-ASMUser Trial 1 November 2014Indian NavySuccessfulINS Kochi
Brahmos-ASMUser Trial 14 February 2015Indian NavySuccessfulINS Kolkata
Brahmos-SSMUser Trial 9 April 2015FailureSuccessfulMobile launcher
Brahmos-Test8 May 2015DRDOSuccessful
Brahmos-SSMUser Trial 7 November 2015Indian ArmySuccessfulMobile launcher
Brahmos-ASMUser Trial 6 February 2017Indian NavySuccessfulINS Chennai
Brahmos-Extended rangeTest11 March 2017DRDOSuccessful-First test of the extended range
Brahmos-LACMUser Trial 21 April 2017Indian NavySuccessfulINS Teg
Brahmos-SSM - Block IIIUser Trial 2-3 May 2017Indian ArmySuccessfulMobile launcher2 missiles tested in top attack configuration
Brahmos-ALCMUser Trial 22 November 2017Indian Air Force / DRDOSuccessfulSu-30MKIFirst test of the air launched variant
Brahmos-SSMUser Trial 22 March 2018Indian ArmySuccessful-First test with indigenous seeker
Brahmos-SSMTest21 May 2018DRDOSuccessfulMobile launcherValidated "life extension" technologies
Brahmos-SSMTest22 May 2018DRDOSuccessfulMobile launcherTested Indian fuel management system and a few non-metallic airframe components
Brahmos-SSMUser Trial 16 July 2018DRDO / Indian ArmySuccessfulMobile launcherTested to validate service life extension of the missile under extreme weather conditions
Brahmos-Block-IITest7 July 2019DRDOSuccessful-Tested the vertical steep dive version.
Brahmos-SSMTest30 September 2019DRDOSuccessful-Tested with India-developed propulsion system, airframe and power supply.
Brahmos-SSMUser Trial 21 October
2019
IAFSuccessfulMobile Launcher• Twin firings was carried out as a part of the routine operational training.
• The missile engaged the designated mock targets close to 300 km away with a direct hit on the ground target in both cases with pinpoint accuracy from a mobile platform.
Brahmos-SSM and Air launchedUser Trial 17 December 2019IAF and DRDOSuccessfulMobile launcher and AircraftBoth land attack and Air launched versions were tested in two firings.
 

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Ya'll Nibbiars I added prahaar.
MissileTest typeDateUserStatusPlatformNotes
ShauryaTest20 September 2011 (l)DRDOSuccessful
ShauryaTest20 september 2011 (Il)DRDOSuccessful
ShauryaTest24 september 2011DRDOSuccessful700 km 7.5 Mach
ShauryaTest3 october 2020DRDOSuccessfull800 km 9 Mach
Prithvi 3Test2000DRDOSuccessful
Prithvi 3User Trial2004Strategic Force CommandSuccessful
Prithvi 3User TrialStrategic Force CommandSuccessful
Prithvi 3User TrialStrategic Force CommandSuccessful
Prithvi 2User Night Trial25 September 2020Strategic Force CommandSuccessful
Prithvi 2User Night Trial20 November 2019Strategic Force CommandSuccessful
Prithvi 2User Night Trial27 June 2019Strategic Force CommandSuccessful
Agni 3User Night Trial01 December 2019Strategic Force CommandSuccessfulFirst Night Trial
Mission Shakti ASATTest27 March 2019DRDOSuccessful
Nag ATGMTest08 Jul 2019DRDOSuccessfulThree test conducted in a day
Agni 5Test10 Dec 2018DRDOSuccessful
Agni 5Test3 June 2018DRDOSuccessful
Agni 5Test18 January 2018DRDOSuccessful
Agni 5Test26 December 2016DRDOSuccessful
Agni 5Test31 January 2015DRDOSuccessful
Agni 5Test15 September 2013DRDOSuccessful
Agni 5Test19 April 2012DRDOSuccessfulFirst Test
Agni 4Test15 November 2011DRDOSuccessfulFirst Test
Agni 4Test19 September 2012DRDOSuccessful
Agni 4Test20 January 2014Strategic Force CommandSuccessful
Agni 4User Trial2 December 2014Strategic Force CommandSuccessful
Agni 4User Trial9 November 2015Strategic Force CommandSuccessful
Agni 4User Trial2 January 2017Strategic Force CommandSuccessful
Agni 4User Trial23 December 2018Strategic Force CommandSuccessful
Agni 3Test9 Jul 2006DRDOFailureMissile airborne for 5 minutes instead of 15 minutes planned
Agni 3Test12 April 2007DRDOSuccessful
Agni 3Test7 May 2008DRDOSuccessful
Agni 3User Trial7 February 2010Strategic Force CommandSuccessfulPre-Induction Trial
Agni 3User Trial21 September 2012Strategic Force CommandSuccessful
Agni 3User Trial23 December 2013Strategic Force CommandSuccessful
Agni 3User Trial16 April 2015Strategic Force CommandSuccessful
Agni 3User Trial27 April 2017Strategic Force CommandSuccessful
Agni 3User Trial30 November 2019Strategic Force CommandFailureDiverged from flight path after 115 Km
Agni 2Test11 April 1999DRDOSuccessful
Agni 2Test17 January 2001DRDOSuccessful
Agni 2User Trial19 May 2009Strategic Forces CommandFailure ?
Agni 2User Night TrialNovember 2009Strategic Forces CommandFailure ?
Agni 2User Trial17 May 2010Strategic Forces CommandSuccessful
Agni 2User Trial30 September 2011Strategic Forces CommandSuccessful
Agni 2User Trial9 August 2012Strategic Forces CommandSuccessful
Agni 2User Trial7 April 2013Strategic Forces CommandSuccessful
Agni 2User Night Trial16 November 2019Strategic Forces CommandSuccessful
Agni 1User Trial5 October 2007Strategic Forces CommandSuccessfulAgni 1 History incomplete
Agni 1User Trial27 November 2015Strategic Forces CommandSuccessfulAgni 1 History incomplete
Agni 1User Trial14 Mar 2016Strategic Forces CommandSuccessfulAgni 1 History incomplete
Agni 1User Trial22 November 2016Strategic Forces CommandSuccessfulAgni 1 History incomplete
Agni 1User Trial6 February 2018Strategic Forces CommandSuccessfulAgni 1 History incomplete
Brahmos-SSM - Block ITest12 June 2001DRDOSuccessfulTested in vertical configuration
Brahmos-SSM - Block ITest28 April 2002DRDOSuccessfulTested on an inclined plane
Brahmos-ASMTest12 February 2003DRDOSuccessfulINS Rajput
Brahmos-SSM - Block ITest29 October 2003DRDOSuccessful
Brahmos-SSM - Block ITest9 November 2003DRDOSuccessfulMobile launcher
Brahmos-ASMTest23 November 2003DRDOSuccessfulINS RajputFired from a moving ship at a decommissioned vessel
Brahmos-SSM - Block ITest13 June 2004DRDOSuccessfulMobile launcherFirst production missile integrated at BrahMos Integration Complex, Hyderabad
Brahmos-ASMTest3 November 2004DRDOSuccessfulINS Rajput
Brahmos-SSMTest21 December 2004DRDOSuccessfulMobile launcherFirst test of land-attack version
Brahmos-ASMUser Trial15 April 2005Indian NavySuccessfulINS Rajput
Brahmos-SSMUser Trial30 November 2005Indian ArmySuccessfulMobile launcher
Brahmos-Test31 May 2006SuccessfulMobile launcher
Brahmos-Test16 April 2007SuccessfulMobile launcherFirst test with the "S" maneuver
Brahmos-Test22 April 2007SuccessfulMobile launcher
Brahmos-LACMUser Trial5 March 2008Indian NavySuccessfulINS RajputFirst test of the land attack variant
Brahmos-ASMUser Trial18 December 2008Indian NavySuccessfulINS RanvirFirst test from a VLS
Brahmos-SSM - Block IIUser Trial20 January 2009Indian ArmyFailurePokhran Test RangeMobile launcher
Brahmos-Test4 March 2009Successful
Brahmos-Test29 March 2009Successful
Brahmos-Test29 July 2009Successful
Brahmos-ASMUser Trial21 March 2010Indian NavySuccessfulINS RanvirTested on decommissioned INS Meen
Brahmos-5 September 2010SuccessfulMobile launcher
Brahmos-SSM - Block IIIUser Trial2 December 2010Indian ArmySuccessfulMobile launcher
Brahmos-SSM - Block IIIUser Trial12 August 2011Indian ArmySuccessfulMobile launcher
Brahmos-SSM - Block IIUser Trial4 March 2012Indian ArmySuccessfulMobile launcherOperational test of the second army regiment
Brahmos-SSM - Block IIIUser Trial28 March 2012Indian ArmySuccessfulMobile launcher
Brahmos-Test30 March 2012DRDOSuccessfulMobile launcher
Brahmos-Test29 July 2012DRDOFailureMobile launcherDevelopmental flight test with 25 new subsystems and components
Brahmos-ASMUser Trial7 October 2012Indian NavySuccessfulINS TegTested with a GLONASS navigation system derived from Kh-101
Brahmos-Test9 January 2013SuccessfulNaval shipTested with double maneuver in "S" form
Brahmos-SLCMTest20 March 2013DRDOSuccessfulUnderwater pontoonFirst test from a submerged platform
Brahmos-ASMUser Trial22 May 2013Indian NavySuccessfulINS TarkashAcceptance Test Firing
Brahmos-SSM - Block IIIUser Trial18 November 2013Indian ArmySuccessfulMobile launcherDestroyed a hardened target
Brahmos-ASMUser Trial7 February 2014Indian NavySuccessfulINS Trikand2 missiles test fired in salvo mode
Brahmos-SSM - Block IIIUser Trial7 April 2014Indian ArmySuccessfulMobile launcherTested in steep dive-cum-target discrimination mode
Brahmos-ASMUser Trial9 June 2014Indian NavySuccessfulINS Kolkata
Brahmos-SSMUser Trial8 July 2014Indian ArmySuccessfulMobile launcherFirst test with advanced guidance system and indigenously built software algorithm
Brahmos-ASMUser Trial1 November 2014Indian NavySuccessfulINS Kochi
Brahmos-ASMUser Trial14 February 2015Indian NavySuccessfulINS Kolkata
Brahmos-SSMUser Trial9 April 2015FailureSuccessfulMobile launcher
Brahmos-Test8 May 2015DRDOSuccessful
Brahmos-SSMUser Trial7 November 2015Indian ArmySuccessfulMobile launcher
Brahmos-ASMUser Trial6 February 2017Indian NavySuccessfulINS Chennai
Brahmos-Extended rangeTest11 March 2017DRDOSuccessful-First test of the extended range
Brahmos-LACMUser Trial21 April 2017Indian NavySuccessfulINS Teg
Brahmos-SSM - Block IIIUser Trial2-3 May 2017Indian ArmySuccessfulMobile launcher2 missiles tested in top attack configuration
Brahmos-ALCMUser Trial22 November 2017Indian Air Force / DRDOSuccessfulSu-30MKIFirst test of the air launched variant
Brahmos-SSMUser Trial22 March 2018Indian ArmySuccessful-First test with indigenous seeker
Brahmos-SSMTest21 May 2018DRDOSuccessfulMobile launcherValidated "life extension" technologies
Brahmos-SSMTest22 May 2018DRDOSuccessfulMobile launcherTested Indian fuel management system and a few non-metallic airframe components
Brahmos-SSMUser Trial16 July 2018DRDO / Indian ArmySuccessfulMobile launcherTested to validate service life extension of the missile under extreme weather conditions
Brahmos-Block-IITest7 July 2019DRDOSuccessful-Tested the vertical steep dive version.
Brahmos-SSMTest30 September 2019DRDOSuccessful-Tested with India-developed propulsion system, airframe and power supply.
Brahmos-SSMUser Trial21 October
2019
IAFSuccessfulMobile Launcher• Twin firings was carried out as a part of the routine operational training.
• The missile engaged the designated mock targets close to 300 km away with a direct hit on the ground target in both cases with pinpoint accuracy from a mobile platform.
Brahmos-SSM and Air launchedUser Trial17 December 2019IAF and DRDOSuccessfulMobile launcher and AircraftBoth land attack and Air launched versions were tested in two firings.
Prahaar Trial21 JulyDRDOsuccessfulMobile LauncherDuring the test, the missile traveled a distance of 150 km (93 mi) in about 250 seconds. meeting all launch objectives and struck a pre-designated target in the Bay of Bengal with a high degree of accuracy of less than 10 m.
Prahaar Trial20 September 2018DRDOSuccessfulMobile Launcher
 

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Ya'll Nibbiars By 2008, the missile was successfully test fired seven times, and tested to its full range up to four times. The twelfth and final development trial of the missiles was conducted on 27 January 2013. The missile was tested for a total of three times on August 11 and August 12, 2018. This completed the first phase of user trials of the missile. There were total 17 launches.
K 15Trial12 November 2008DRDOSuccessfullMobile LauncherA land-based version of the K-15 Sagarika was successfully test-fired
K 15Trial11 march 2012DRDOSuccessfullMobile LauncherA full range test of the missile was done
K15Trial23 January 2013DRDOSuccessfulMobile LauncherAccording to DRDO Director General V. K. Saraswat, the missile was again tested for its full range of 700 km and met all its objectives with a single digit impact-accuracy.
K 15User Trial25 November 2015INSuccessfulUnder water launchOn 25 November 2015, a dummy or unarmed K-15 Sagarika missile was successfully test fired from INS Arihant.
 

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Ya'll Nibbiars Agni-I was first tested at the Interim Test Range in Chandipur in 1989, and is capable of carrying a conventional payload of 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) or a Nuclear warhead. Agni missiles consist of one (short range) or two stages (intermediate range). These are rail and road mobile and powered by solid Propellants.
 

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Nirbhay Flight Test


First test - March- 12-2013 – Partial Success

Second Test – October-17- 2014- Successful

Third Test - October-16- 2015- Failed

Fourth Test – December -21- 2016 – Failed

Fifth Test – November – 7- 2017 - Successful

Sixth Test - April-15- 2019 - Successful

Seventh Test – October End 2020- Will Be successful
 

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Dhruvastra: India has conducted three tests of its indigenously developed anti-tank guided missile Dhruvastra from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha. The sophisticated missile was test fired twice on July 15 and once on July 16 from the Integrated Test Range.

Prithvi-II: India test fired the indigenously developed on September 23. The successful night testfire of the nuclear capable surface-to-surface Prithvi-II missile was part of a user trial by the Army from a base in Odisha. The trial of the missile, which has a strike range of 350 KM, was carried out from a mobile launcher from launch complex-3 of Integrated Test Range ITR.

BrahMos: India successfully test fired a new version of the surface-to-surface supersonic cruise missile BrahMos having a range round 400km, on September 30. Officials said the missile's speed has been maintained at Mach 2.8 which is nearly three times that of sound.
 

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26 April 2012
India successfully launches its first indigenous radar imaging satellite. The Risat‐I will orbit the earth at an altitude
of 480km (300mi) and has the ability to collect images despite cloud cover or darkness, which is useful for
monitoring crops and natural disasters such as floods and droughts. Although the satellite is suitable for defense‐
related surveillance, Indian Space Research Organization Chairman K. Radhakrishnan asserted that “this is not a
spy satellite.”
‐‐ Jay Menon, “India Puts Risat‐I into Space,” Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, 27 April 2012,
www.lexisnexis.com; “Earth Observation Satellites,” Indian Space Research Organisation,, www.isro.org; V.
Ayyappan, “RISAT‐I, First Microwave Radar Imaging Satellite, Launched Successfully,” The Times of India, 26 April
2012, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com; Nirmala Ganapathy, “India Launches ‘Eye in the Sky’ Satellite; Meant
Mainly for Agriculture and Disaster Control, It Can Also Be Used for Defence Needs,” The Straits Times, 27 April
2012, www.lexisnexis.com.
20 April 2012
India is developing multiple independently‐targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) technology for its Agni‐V missile. V.K.
Saraswat – chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) –states that the “work is on” to
equip India’s longest‐range missile with the capacity to carry multiple warheads on a single missile.
‐‐ “Agni‐V May be Equipped with Multiple Warheads: DRDO Chief,” The Economic Times (India), 10 May 2012,
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com; Vipin Narang and Christopher Clary, “Capability Without Strategy,”
Indian Express, 22 May 2012, www.indianexpress.com.
19 April 2012
India successfully tests a nuclear‐capable long‐range ballistic missile (LRBM), its most powerful missile to date. The
three‐stage solid‐fueled, road‐mobile Agni‐V is designed to reach targets up to 5000km, and can carry a 1.5‐ton
 

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