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[mist_consecutive]

To see something that is 600km away, it only need to be a little less that 30km altitude, so that's not really out of the ordinary.
The spectacular sights of today's test AFAIK is due to the timing of the launch, which is just after sunset - so it's dark on land but the the sun is still shining few 10s to 100s of km altitude. So the exhaust gases from the rocket and vapour create a kind of a cloud which reflects the sunlight at that altitude and is visible for 100s of km away.
You'll find similar videos of spacex dusk time launches from Vandenberg, IIRC there is even a Anti ballistic missile test also where you can see the target and interceptor missiles maneuver in space.

Yes I did the calculation, it only needs to be ~31km in altitude, BUT it will be visible at the horizon. See the missile something way above the horizon, which means the original altitude of the missile is somewhere like 500km minimum.

 

[mist_consecutive]

 

[Lonewarrior]

18,000 km ranged Surya missile

And that's why people should think twice before speaking anything...

 

[flanker99]

I rarely jump on the hype train when it comes to missile tests but this test is very interesting

 

[jik60]

In Odisha, It was sighted in 10 different districts. Even though there are reasons such as the dusk launch to have these kinds of characteristics but feels like its something different , I am getting anxiety

The last district mentioned in the picture "Sundergarh" is in the western part of Odisha, around 500 km away from the testing site (Can not authenticate the pictures though, captured from the local channels )

 

[Jimih]

but feels like its something different , I am getting anxiety

Can it be a HGV mounted on a Agni-5 ICBM?

 

[karn]

This is actually insane, half the subcontinent just watched the Agni5 flying its depressed trajectory .
Somewhere some cheen afsar is wondering why they bothered sending that tracking ship at all. And someone in DRDO/MOD is face palming right now.

 

[Lonewolf]

This is actually insane half the subcontinent just watched h the Agni5 flying its depressed trajectory .
Somewhere some cheen afsar is wondering why they bothered sending that tracking ship at all. And someone in DRDO/MOD is face palming right now.

Depressed trajectory of 5400 km , what's the original range then ??

 

[karn]

Depressed trajectory of 5400 km , what's the original range then ??

Based on paper napkin calculations 8000 - 8800 KM easy. ANd I strongly suspect the depressed trajectory is the "original" range since that is how it is deployed.

 

[jik60]

Depressed trajectory of 5400 km , what's the original range then ??

Exactly that's my point

 

[factfigures]

Seems they are going towards asmi if its under buy Indian

Good news. The orders should be placed before 31 March 2023.

 

[factfigures]

Wasn't this rpf issued few weeks back

That was Post -AoN information

 

[Fatalis]

We have A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4 and A-5 where A-3 is our heaviest and A-5 is our longest range missile.

We now even have A-1P. Also, there are reports that A-4Mk2 is already under development and soon it will be tested.

A-1P will most probably replace A-1, A-2 and will serve as deterrence against Pakistan. A-4MK2 will replace A-3 and A-4 and will be a China centric missile. Both A-1P and A-4MK2 will be MIRV and MaRV capable. This will streamline our deployment and we will have two separate systems for two adversaries.

If A-4Mk2 is our deterrence against China then where exactly A-5 sits in the hierarchy (or the reverse)?

One possibility can be A-4Mk2 will be our new heaviest throw weight missile and A-5 will act as deterrence against China.

 

[Photon]

Steel Cutting for 8th Anti Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft being built by CSL for Indian Navy was carried out today by Commodore A K Chakrabarti, Warship Production Superintendent. These Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow WaterCrafts (ASWSWC’s) are designed for a speed of 25 knots and complement of 57 andcapable of full scale sub surface surveillance of coastal waters andco-ordinated ASW operations with aircraft. Top officials of CSL and Indian Navy attended the event.

 

[SavageKing456]

Can it be a HGV mounted on a Agni-5 ICBM?

Not possible
Drdo is still on prototype stage w.r.t HGV
it will be tested soon though maybe 2-3 years(formal test)

 

[Chinmoy]

INS Mormugao induction on 18th.

 

[Super Flanker]

EEL is developing long range rockets Maheshwarastra1 (150Km) & Maheshwarastra 2(290Km). Will be ready in the next 1.5 years. Long range Artillery is a must need for countering Chinese systems. Don't think we are sending a rocket to destroy enemy rocket but the point is we can do similar missions. And can do counter Artillery fire . Versatility is also important we can use Loitering munitions, long range Artillery, BM,CM etc to destroy enemy facilities.

Spoiler: Tweet by Varun Karthikeyan

Spoiler: Screenshot incase tweet gets deleted

EEL stands for Economic Explosives Limited

 

[Arihant Roy]

Can it be a HGV mounted on a Agni-5 ICBM?

Yes a HGV can be mounted on the 1st stage booster . And if more range is required on the 2nd stage.

In any case, Agni-P already carries a conical HGV very similar to the US Common hypersonic glide body carried by the LRHW.

 

[iNorthernerOn9]

Interesting! India exported 0.338 lapua magnum sniper rifles & IA is still undecided about its requirement of 5700 pieces of the same.

 

[Johny_Baba]

Interesting! India exported 0.338 lapua magnum sniper rifles.

there is a gujju kahawat that goes like,
ghar na chhokraa ghanti chaate, paarkaa aato khaay
= ghar ke bachche chakki chaate, dusre khaae aataa
do i need to say anything else...

besides are they considering PLR, SSS etc private players as well in this export list ? then highly likely that we exported DAN .338 "manufactured" here because if it was AWEIL or SSS stuff they would not have stopped putting updates about it every 10 minutes on SM