HSTDV test flown.

[patriots]

Some defense journos.......including shiv arror doubting...the success

 

[vampyrbladez]

Some defense journos.......including shiv arror doubting...the success

Officially it is a success. Unofficially Agni I underperformed. One of these is correct.

 

[vampyrbladez]

While the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) claimed it was a success, defence sources said that the Agni-I ballistic carrier vehicle on which the HSTDV was to receive its altitude boost didn’t complete the mission. This is likely due to the weight issue, sources said, adding that this is just first of the many tests that are planned.

https://theprint.in/defence/drdo-te...sile-tech-but-its-success-is-in-doubt/249386/

 

[Narasimh]

I doubt these journalists understand nuances of the test. Casting doubt is their profession.. with "May be"s and "Could be"s they are judging Agni 1 already.

 

[Steven Rogers]

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Look at this article ....the same rona of budget ,basics ...these desi journos never fail us to ammuse .

 

[Shashank Nayak]

I doubt these journalists understand nuances of the test. Casting doubt is their profession.. with "May be"s and "Could be"s they are judging Agni 1 already.

Shiv aroor and livefist are raising questions over the inducted Agni 1, conveniently forgetting that it was not a test of a off the shelf standard Agni 1. But of a missile which would have undergone heavy modifications to launch HSTDV

 

[Armand2REP]

Shiv aroor and livefist are raising questions over the inducted Agni 1, conveniently forgetting that it was not a test of a off the shelf standard Agni 1. But of a missile which would have undergone heavy modifications to launch HSTDV

The real question is who are his "top sources." Are they ones that would know the full parameters of the tests or just general information?

 

[Narasimh]

Shiv aroor and livefist are raising questions over the inducted Agni 1, conveniently forgetting that it was not a test of a off the shelf standard Agni 1. But of a missile which would have undergone heavy modifications to launch HSTDV

Evidence based, fact based, nuanced defence journalism is missing in the country.. I can think of only Anantha Krishnan who is still better as he sticks to facts more or less.

 

[aarav]

That livefist article also included a unnamed general commenting why we even need hypersonic missile in first place or scramjet engine ,Shiv aroor guy has gone on many trips financed by western defense company recently by SAAB so don't take it as a neutral article

 

[patriots]

Bdw neeraj rajput says.....drdo refute s the claim of people that....hstdv was not fully successful..

Bdw....may be its secret project .so less
Information....

 

[patriots]

This is how hypersonic glide vehicle works...
From Russia..........
Waiting for drdo clip

 

[Armand2REP]

This is how hypersonic glide vehicle works...
From Russia..........
Waiting for drdo clip

I think the hypersonic glide vehicles are a waste of time. You are sacrificing speed and range for a maneuverable warhead, but it is only one warhead per missile and loses the speed and saturation of MIRVs. The only hypersonic technology worth developing is scramjets, they are the future.

 

[HariPrasad-1]

This should easily beat all enemy air defenses and deliver a pinpoint nuclear strike.

It should beat LASER as well. ............................

 

[patriots]

30303030030030404004004404

 

[patriots]

Manu pubby says....agni 1 didn't reach the desired altitude....

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[Illusive]

Problems and failures are part of development process, I don't understand this obsession with 100% success rate in all tests and being worried when the systems didn't operate as planned. If these things were easy to develop we would have seen many nations working on hypersonic ramjets.

 

[Sanglamorre]

Problems and failures are part of development process, I don't understand this obsession with 100% success rate .

Asian parenting 101.

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[Armand2REP]

Problems and failures are part of development process, I don't understand this obsession with 100% success rate in all tests and being worried when the systems didn't operate as planned. If these things were easy to develop we would have seen many nations working on hypersonic ramjets.

The scramjet might very well have worked if the Agni hadn't lost control before reaching the desired altitude.

 

[vampyrbladez]

DRDO calls the mission successful. Rumors are unproven. Agni 1 may have underperformed due to weight issues but HSTDV not functioning is false information as confirmed by below quote.

Describing the maiden trial of the HSTDV as successful, a DRDO scientist said, "The new technology demonstrator vehicle was tested and the observations made by the radars and tracking sensors showed that it was a success."

https://www.firstpost.com/india/ind...lls-it-a-success-military-doubts-6804061.html

 

[Armand2REP]

Defence sources said the HSTDV, designed to cruise at Mach 6 speed with the scramjet engine, was supposed to “fire and fly on its own” after being carried to an altitude of around 30-40 km by the solid rocket motor of an Agni-I ballistic missile in the test. “But the Agni-I booster went into an uncontrolled mode after the launch and could not achieve the desired altitude…So, the entire test flopped,” said a source.

The cruise vehicle (HSTDV) was supposed to be ejected out of the launch vehicle (Agni-I) and be propelled by the scramjet engine after it auto-ignited at the required altitude but it failed to do so during the test. The test was considered critical for the development of a hypersonic (over Mach 5 speeds) cruise missile system in the future.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...trator-vehicle-flops/articleshow/69762552.cms