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Akash Anti Ballistic Missile air Defence system
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If Akash is anti-ballistic then SAMP/T can shoot down Star Destroyers.
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who is this Nathan Cohn ??? did google search, one was found to be criminal lawyer other died in 1989. If any one has any info please post it here.
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its another id created by some Pakistani - probably the same jana id.
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saw these videos but it is really gross to read all those comments from pakis..they show their inferior breed all over net...i think there should be some restriction on youtube for not allowing ppl from certain area to comment....pakistan and pakistanis are disgrace to whole world...they feel nothing while opening gutter mouth but i as an Indian cant read such foul language let alone using it..
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India's ballistic missile defense options
Despite steady efforts toward developing ballistic missile defenses (BMD), the purpose of India's emerging capabilities remains obscure. Given the glacial pace of Indian strategic decision-making, New Delhi may not have decided what purpose BMD is to serve and where to deploy it. Even so, Pakistan's military-planners have likely begun to consider potential responses. These decisions and their ramifications will be influenced by assumptions about the scope and mission of future Indian missile defenses.
India began BMD flight tests in 2006. Some Indian officials have claimed that initial tests have been exceptionally successful. In reality, claims of BMD effectiveness are questionable at this early stage of development. The history of U.S. BMD programs suggests that India will need to overcome significant technical challenges before claims of effectiveness are plausible. Moreover, India's defense research establishment has experienced difficulties in developing other major weapons systems and the challenges of BMD development are daunting.
Assuming the government of India succeeds in developing BMD or purchases such capabilities elsewhere, New Delhi could deploy the system to accomplish several potential missions. Opportunity and financial costs associated with BMD deployments, as well as an assessment of which assets are most essential to protect, would certainly factor into India's decisions. Thus far, India has not elaborated publicly on the purposes and architecture of its missile defenses. How might India choose to deploy BMD, and how might Pakistan respond?
One plausible deployment is a defense of India's leadership and the Nuclear Command Authority (NCA) around New Delhi. The mission would be to protect the Indian leadership from the threat of a decapitating nuclear attack - or to dissuade Pakistan's military leadership from believing such an attack could succeed. There are other ways for the government of India to protect its leadership, such as by dispersal to bunkers away from the capital. But New Delhi could decide to adopt multiple approaches to protecting the continuity of its government, including BMD. If the protection of India's NCA by means of BMD is a fixed requirement, then Pakistan's prospective counters are immaterial to New Delhi.
A second option is a thin and perhaps symbolic defense of India's two most iconic cities, New Delhi, the seat of the government, and Mumbai, the commercial capital and the location of significant nuclear infrastructure. Symbolic defenses could fulfill domestic political imperatives and accede to the urgings of India's strategic enclave, without committing vast resources necessary to achieve harder objectives. Limited defenses of New Delhi and Mumbai would still place India in a select category of states, including the United States, Russia, Israel, and Japan, that have some kind of BMD deployments.
A third option is for BMD to accompany Indian troops in carrying out "Cold Start," a limited war doctrine designed to retaliate against mass casualty attacks on Indian soil linked to Pakistan's military and intelligence services. In this scenario, Indian leaders might presume that BMD deployments could be of assistance in calling Pakistan's nuclear threats as a bluff. If escalation occurs across the nuclear threshold, New Delhi would have to rely on their missile defenses working effectively the very first time they were required on the battlefield. Depending on the size of the theater of war and the number and kind of missiles challenging Indian missile defenses, this might be a heroic assumption.
Other Indian BMD deployment options are harder to envision and even less feasible. A nation-wide defense of Indian population centers from breakdowns in Pakistani command and control or from terrorists in possession of ballistic missiles would be financially prohibitive: there are simply too many large cities to protect. Protecting India's nuclear-capable assets and infrastructure, which are widely dispersed, is also too hard and too expensive. Relying on mobility to ensure the survivability of India's arsenal is a better bet than relying on missile defenses.
The development of missile defenses has predictably stoked Islamabad's concern that India is attempting to neutralize Pakistan's nuclear deterrent, which Pakistan considers essential to deter a conventional war with India. New Delhi's interest in BMD has heightened Pakistan's security concerns, providing Pakistan yet another rationale for increasing its nuclear weapon requirements. However, Pakistan may already be the world's fastest growing nuclear power. There are many drivers of Pakistan's on-going nuclear expansion, such as conventional military asymmetries, Cold Start, and the U.S.-India nuclear deal. These factors make it difficult to argue that Pakistan's nuclear expansion would proceed at a more modest pace in the absence of BMD.
Nonetheless, Indian ballistic missile defenses are likely to marginally increase Pakistani military concerns that it will be unable to hold defended targets at risk, generating further improvements in Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, especially with regard to penetration aids. Other potential counters to prospective Indian missile defenses, including cruise missiles, are already being pursued.
If decapitation is a fixed targeting strategy for Pakistan, BMD deployments around New Delhi may be especially likely to increase Pakistan's qualitative or quantitative nuclear requirements. Similarly, any Indian effort which appears designed to back up Cold Start and to negate Pakistani threats to use nuclear weapons would be of great concern to Pakistan's military establishment, even though they are likely to express confidence in being able to defeat missile defenses.
The world's most dangerous strategic competition is occurring in Southern Asia, where China, India, and Pakistan are expanding their nuclear arsenals and ballistic missiles, competing for influence in the Indian Ocean and Afghanistan, and modernizing their conventional forces. Escalation control is not easy on the subcontinent, and Indian deployment of Indian BMD will make it more challenging. But the threat of escalation begins with a mass casualty attack on Indian soil. India's Cold Start strategy increases the risk of full-scale conventional war and uncontrolled escalation in the aftermath of such an attack. If Pakistani authorities wish to avoid triggering Cold Start as well as concerns over prospective Indian missile defenses, they would be well advised to work harder at preventing acts of terrorism on Indian soil.
Photo Credit: SM-3 Launch, October 2009. US Missile Defense Agency
http://www.stimson.org/spotlight/indias-ballistic-missile-defense-options-/
Despite steady efforts toward developing ballistic missile defenses (BMD), the purpose of India's emerging capabilities remains obscure. Given the glacial pace of Indian strategic decision-making, New Delhi may not have decided what purpose BMD is to serve and where to deploy it. Even so, Pakistan's military-planners have likely begun to consider potential responses. These decisions and their ramifications will be influenced by assumptions about the scope and mission of future Indian missile defenses.
India began BMD flight tests in 2006. Some Indian officials have claimed that initial tests have been exceptionally successful. In reality, claims of BMD effectiveness are questionable at this early stage of development. The history of U.S. BMD programs suggests that India will need to overcome significant technical challenges before claims of effectiveness are plausible. Moreover, India's defense research establishment has experienced difficulties in developing other major weapons systems and the challenges of BMD development are daunting.
Assuming the government of India succeeds in developing BMD or purchases such capabilities elsewhere, New Delhi could deploy the system to accomplish several potential missions. Opportunity and financial costs associated with BMD deployments, as well as an assessment of which assets are most essential to protect, would certainly factor into India's decisions. Thus far, India has not elaborated publicly on the purposes and architecture of its missile defenses. How might India choose to deploy BMD, and how might Pakistan respond?
One plausible deployment is a defense of India's leadership and the Nuclear Command Authority (NCA) around New Delhi. The mission would be to protect the Indian leadership from the threat of a decapitating nuclear attack - or to dissuade Pakistan's military leadership from believing such an attack could succeed. There are other ways for the government of India to protect its leadership, such as by dispersal to bunkers away from the capital. But New Delhi could decide to adopt multiple approaches to protecting the continuity of its government, including BMD. If the protection of India's NCA by means of BMD is a fixed requirement, then Pakistan's prospective counters are immaterial to New Delhi.
A second option is a thin and perhaps symbolic defense of India's two most iconic cities, New Delhi, the seat of the government, and Mumbai, the commercial capital and the location of significant nuclear infrastructure. Symbolic defenses could fulfill domestic political imperatives and accede to the urgings of India's strategic enclave, without committing vast resources necessary to achieve harder objectives. Limited defenses of New Delhi and Mumbai would still place India in a select category of states, including the United States, Russia, Israel, and Japan, that have some kind of BMD deployments.
A third option is for BMD to accompany Indian troops in carrying out "Cold Start," a limited war doctrine designed to retaliate against mass casualty attacks on Indian soil linked to Pakistan's military and intelligence services. In this scenario, Indian leaders might presume that BMD deployments could be of assistance in calling Pakistan's nuclear threats as a bluff. If escalation occurs across the nuclear threshold, New Delhi would have to rely on their missile defenses working effectively the very first time they were required on the battlefield. Depending on the size of the theater of war and the number and kind of missiles challenging Indian missile defenses, this might be a heroic assumption.
Other Indian BMD deployment options are harder to envision and even less feasible. A nation-wide defense of Indian population centers from breakdowns in Pakistani command and control or from terrorists in possession of ballistic missiles would be financially prohibitive: there are simply too many large cities to protect. Protecting India's nuclear-capable assets and infrastructure, which are widely dispersed, is also too hard and too expensive. Relying on mobility to ensure the survivability of India's arsenal is a better bet than relying on missile defenses.
The development of missile defenses has predictably stoked Islamabad's concern that India is attempting to neutralize Pakistan's nuclear deterrent, which Pakistan considers essential to deter a conventional war with India. New Delhi's interest in BMD has heightened Pakistan's security concerns, providing Pakistan yet another rationale for increasing its nuclear weapon requirements. However, Pakistan may already be the world's fastest growing nuclear power. There are many drivers of Pakistan's on-going nuclear expansion, such as conventional military asymmetries, Cold Start, and the U.S.-India nuclear deal. These factors make it difficult to argue that Pakistan's nuclear expansion would proceed at a more modest pace in the absence of BMD.
Nonetheless, Indian ballistic missile defenses are likely to marginally increase Pakistani military concerns that it will be unable to hold defended targets at risk, generating further improvements in Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, especially with regard to penetration aids. Other potential counters to prospective Indian missile defenses, including cruise missiles, are already being pursued.
If decapitation is a fixed targeting strategy for Pakistan, BMD deployments around New Delhi may be especially likely to increase Pakistan's qualitative or quantitative nuclear requirements. Similarly, any Indian effort which appears designed to back up Cold Start and to negate Pakistani threats to use nuclear weapons would be of great concern to Pakistan's military establishment, even though they are likely to express confidence in being able to defeat missile defenses.
The world's most dangerous strategic competition is occurring in Southern Asia, where China, India, and Pakistan are expanding their nuclear arsenals and ballistic missiles, competing for influence in the Indian Ocean and Afghanistan, and modernizing their conventional forces. Escalation control is not easy on the subcontinent, and Indian deployment of Indian BMD will make it more challenging. But the threat of escalation begins with a mass casualty attack on Indian soil. India's Cold Start strategy increases the risk of full-scale conventional war and uncontrolled escalation in the aftermath of such an attack. If Pakistani authorities wish to avoid triggering Cold Start as well as concerns over prospective Indian missile defenses, they would be well advised to work harder at preventing acts of terrorism on Indian soil.
Photo Credit: SM-3 Launch, October 2009. US Missile Defense Agency
http://www.stimson.org/spotlight/indias-ballistic-missile-defense-options-/
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got a very intersting old article on the aad launcher from the net:
LAUNCHING PLATFORMS FOR AAD PROGRAMME
A mobile multi-role launching platform based on state-of-the-art all electric servodrive technology incorporating low voltage, high performance DC servomotors and PWM drive has been developed for AAD missile.
The launcher has been configured on TATRA VVL 8 x 8 platform and is capable of multi-axes positioning of heavy payload of missile in various modes like inclined and vertical launch with high level of pointing accuracy. The launcher has ‘stop-slew-launch’ and ‘launch-while-track’ capability. The launcher is also capable of launching canisterised as well as non-canisterised missiles. It can operate in an automatic manner from a local as well as a remote Launch Control Centre (LCC) situated 500 m away and can faithfully execute the positioning and tracking commands generated by the LCC.
A closed loop servo drive system employing all electric servodrive technology has been used in the launcher to enable fast and accurate positioning of the missiles in multiple axis. The electric drive technology has been selected specially for its advantages of compact size, high power-to-weight and torque-to-inertia ratio resulting in fast response and quick reversibility. It also offers other advantages of high reliability, clean and silent operation as well as reduced maintenance and modular construction.
The servodrive has been designed using state-of-the-art highly efficient linear electromechanical actuators (LMA), low voltage DC servomotors, and PWM drive. The low voltage DC motors operate on 28 V DC supply and enable operation of the launcher even on 28 V batteries other than normal diesel generator set-based power source. This enables silent and uninterrupted operation of launcher if need be. The LMA employing ball screws have been designed with a specific view of achieving high positional accuracy due to minimum backlash and high rigidity at the same time providing high transmission efficiency (> 90 per cent).
The elevation drive system of launcher has been designed using twin DC motors driving a common payload through a ball screw. The twin motors have been synchronised mechanically through a special custom-built gear box to offer a highly efficient, compact and jam proof drive system. The gear box is planetary type and has been designed to provide high efficiency, minimum backlash and high stiffness and at the same time offering large speed reduction (torque amplification) in a very compact size and minimum weight.
The launcher platform structure and mechanisms have been configured and designed using latest CAD and CAE tools such as IDEAS, Solid Works, etc. It has been further optimised for weight and stiffness using ANSYS FEA package. The structure has been configured as a 3-D space structure and fabricated out of SA 516 Gr 70, specifically been selected for low temperature impact proportion.
An automatic platform levelling system employing electromechanical outriggers has been provided on the launcher. It consist of DC servomotors and power screws operating in a closed loop manner under the commands of a dedicated microporcessor-based controller. The usage of electromechanical actuators enables high reliability, minimum maintenance, and manual operation in addition to automatic. An innovative and novel concept of using torsion bars as a mechanism for energy storage had led to substantial reduction in the drive power requirement of the launcher resulting into usage of a lower capacity actuator and power source system. It is capable of being deployed on any cross-country condition and can be automatically levelled using electromechanical outriggers.
The AAD launcher is capable of operating in universal power supply scheme and has been installed with a diesel PTO driven generator set. The launcher controller is designed based on state-of-the-art technology incorporating hardware independent configuration and digital controls based on realtime operating system (RTOS), VME architecture, power PC processor and CPLDs. DRDO has also successfully developed mobile tracked vehicle-based launchers for Akash and Trishul missiles. The operation of these launchers is fully automatic and is remotely controlled by a `Battery Control Centre’, situated 500 m away. Control is affected via radio or line links. The launchers are microprocessor driven and controlled through an electromechanical servodrive system. They have their own inbuilt gas turbine driven generators. These systems have undergone all the technical trials successfully including track trials, electromagnetic interference/electromagnetic compatibility trials, and flight trials.
LAUNCHING PLATFORMS FOR AAD PROGRAMME
A mobile multi-role launching platform based on state-of-the-art all electric servodrive technology incorporating low voltage, high performance DC servomotors and PWM drive has been developed for AAD missile.
The launcher has been configured on TATRA VVL 8 x 8 platform and is capable of multi-axes positioning of heavy payload of missile in various modes like inclined and vertical launch with high level of pointing accuracy. The launcher has ‘stop-slew-launch’ and ‘launch-while-track’ capability. The launcher is also capable of launching canisterised as well as non-canisterised missiles. It can operate in an automatic manner from a local as well as a remote Launch Control Centre (LCC) situated 500 m away and can faithfully execute the positioning and tracking commands generated by the LCC.
A closed loop servo drive system employing all electric servodrive technology has been used in the launcher to enable fast and accurate positioning of the missiles in multiple axis. The electric drive technology has been selected specially for its advantages of compact size, high power-to-weight and torque-to-inertia ratio resulting in fast response and quick reversibility. It also offers other advantages of high reliability, clean and silent operation as well as reduced maintenance and modular construction.
The servodrive has been designed using state-of-the-art highly efficient linear electromechanical actuators (LMA), low voltage DC servomotors, and PWM drive. The low voltage DC motors operate on 28 V DC supply and enable operation of the launcher even on 28 V batteries other than normal diesel generator set-based power source. This enables silent and uninterrupted operation of launcher if need be. The LMA employing ball screws have been designed with a specific view of achieving high positional accuracy due to minimum backlash and high rigidity at the same time providing high transmission efficiency (> 90 per cent).
The elevation drive system of launcher has been designed using twin DC motors driving a common payload through a ball screw. The twin motors have been synchronised mechanically through a special custom-built gear box to offer a highly efficient, compact and jam proof drive system. The gear box is planetary type and has been designed to provide high efficiency, minimum backlash and high stiffness and at the same time offering large speed reduction (torque amplification) in a very compact size and minimum weight.
The launcher platform structure and mechanisms have been configured and designed using latest CAD and CAE tools such as IDEAS, Solid Works, etc. It has been further optimised for weight and stiffness using ANSYS FEA package. The structure has been configured as a 3-D space structure and fabricated out of SA 516 Gr 70, specifically been selected for low temperature impact proportion.
An automatic platform levelling system employing electromechanical outriggers has been provided on the launcher. It consist of DC servomotors and power screws operating in a closed loop manner under the commands of a dedicated microporcessor-based controller. The usage of electromechanical actuators enables high reliability, minimum maintenance, and manual operation in addition to automatic. An innovative and novel concept of using torsion bars as a mechanism for energy storage had led to substantial reduction in the drive power requirement of the launcher resulting into usage of a lower capacity actuator and power source system. It is capable of being deployed on any cross-country condition and can be automatically levelled using electromechanical outriggers.
The AAD launcher is capable of operating in universal power supply scheme and has been installed with a diesel PTO driven generator set. The launcher controller is designed based on state-of-the-art technology incorporating hardware independent configuration and digital controls based on realtime operating system (RTOS), VME architecture, power PC processor and CPLDs. DRDO has also successfully developed mobile tracked vehicle-based launchers for Akash and Trishul missiles. The operation of these launchers is fully automatic and is remotely controlled by a `Battery Control Centre’, situated 500 m away. Control is affected via radio or line links. The launchers are microprocessor driven and controlled through an electromechanical servodrive system. They have their own inbuilt gas turbine driven generators. These systems have undergone all the technical trials successfully including track trials, electromagnetic interference/electromagnetic compatibility trials, and flight trials.
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Why did These fools not going to S300 or S400?
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because they are not fool.
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even though parameters of s-400 and pac-3 do not match and hence they are not exactly comparable,but s-400 is a much much better sam than pac-3.a single s-400 system can do more that what the whole multi layered bmd of US cannot (comprising of pac-3,aegis,thaadetc).the s-400 can also shootdown rockets(unlike pac-3),aircrafts.uavs,helicopter ,cruise missiles,ballistic missiles(upto-3500km range),jdams,heat seeking missiles,anti radiation missiles etc.in otheer words it can give much more airspace protection than the combined nato layered sam network.so s-400 would be much more suitable to india than pac-3 if india decides to go for a foreign long range sam foregoind indegeneous bmd efforts
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some of you guys need to do some research for our BMD requirement and why we gone for PAD (PDV in future) and AAD.
not only this see how they have made this, all this is available on net of you care to look.
BTW non of the system in the world was found to be suited for our need.
We have info on Israeli system even witness their launch,
We have S300 system
We saw the us patriot missile defence system when Indian sub went to Taiwan secretly to watch and gather data of its launch, later on USA give details of the system to us.
After going our research we made our own.
not only this see how they have made this, all this is available on net of you care to look.
BTW non of the system in the world was found to be suited for our need.
We have info on Israeli system even witness their launch,
We have S300 system
We saw the us patriot missile defence system when Indian sub went to Taiwan secretly to watch and gather data of its launch, later on USA give details of the system to us.
After going our research we made our own.
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the s-400 is definately for sale.it is marketed by the russians in many defence expos around the world and many country like saudi-arabia,greece are showing interest in it.but the main problem is the slow pace of manufacture of s-400 even the russians are not inducting in largge no.(which may also be the case as the have large no. of various versions of s-300 systems).india can also be a partner in their s-500 project(remember the russians need money).
but the most wise thing to do is to progress on the success of our own bmd programme in phase 2.drdo must make sure to repeat the success of phase1 in phase 2.it should work on advanced abm countermeasures and the multiple kill vehicle(like mirv-r project of usa) to counter mirv's.the primary aim of drdo should be to make credible bmd and then advance it's role to long range sam like pac-3 and s-400.
the s-400 is definately for sale.it is marketed by the russians in many defence expos around the world and many country like saudi-arabia,greece are showing interest in it.but the main problem is the slow pace of manufacture of s-400 even the russians are not inducting in largge no.(which may also be the case as the have large no. of various versions of s-300 systems).india can also be a partner in their s-500 project(remember the russians need money).
but the most wise thing to do is to progress on the success of our own bmd programme in phase 2.drdo must make sure to repeat the success of phase1 in phase 2.it should work on advanced abm countermeasures and the multiple kill vehicle(like mirv-r project of usa) to counter mirv's.the primary aim of drdo should be to make credible bmd and then advance it's role to long range sam like pac-3 and s-400.
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here is google search for S 400 http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=e...q=S+400+sale+BMD+&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
as far as MKV for taking out MIRVs it is matter of time for DRDO all they have to do is miniaturized KV rest DRDO has lot of experience to send heavy load in space.
Do some digging on PAD and how its final stage operates (how it guide to the RV).
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http://www.deccanherald.com/content/126814/small-satellites-can-armed-protect.html
Small satellites can be armed to protect space assets: Scientist
A constellation of small satellites -- each weighing 30-60 kg -- can be armed to protect the country's space assets in the future though at present the orbiting Indian satellites are unprotected against any enemy missile attacks, a senior defence scientist said Thursday.
"Currently the satellites are not protected. The only way to counter an enemy attack on our satellites is shooting down his satellites," Defence Research and Development Organisation's (DRDO) Advanced Systems Laboratory director Avinash Chander told IANS.
Here to participate at the 98th Indian Science Congress held at SRM University in Kattankulathur, Chander also said India was likely to test its inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) by the end of this year while efforts to build missiles with multiple warheads were also on.
To a query whether satellites could be armed to protect themselves against attacking missiles, Chander said: "There are possibilities of sending small satellites weighing 30-60 kg with warheads that can be activated from ground in case of any enemy attacks",
However, he added that India does not have the policy of weaponising its satellites. China has demonstrated its capability to shoot satellites with a missile by shooting down its own dysfunctional satellite twice.
According to Chander, the constellation of small satellites can also be used as back-up for India's communication satellites. On India's missile programmes, Chander said the agency is working on missiles with multiple warheads that can strike at multiple targets and steps to reduce the weight of the missile with the use of composites.
According to him, the year end would see the test-firing of advanced version of Agni missile - the ICBM Agni V.
"Agni V has strike range of 5,000 km and is built with high composite content to reduce its weight. The first stage is made of composites while the missile's second and third stages have a large content of composites," Chander said.
He said at 49 tonnes, Agni V weighs around one tonne more than Agni III but its range has gone up far more. The Agni III missile's range is around 3,500 km.
On the issue of joining hands with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and draw out a common component sourcing strategy to bring down the hardware cost, Chander said: "It is true there are common technologies between rockets and missiles. But in the case of a missile, it has to re-enter the atmosphere to strike whereas it is not so with the ISRO rockets. Further component specifications would also change."
Small satellites can be armed to protect space assets: Scientist
A constellation of small satellites -- each weighing 30-60 kg -- can be armed to protect the country's space assets in the future though at present the orbiting Indian satellites are unprotected against any enemy missile attacks, a senior defence scientist said Thursday.
"Currently the satellites are not protected. The only way to counter an enemy attack on our satellites is shooting down his satellites," Defence Research and Development Organisation's (DRDO) Advanced Systems Laboratory director Avinash Chander told IANS.
Here to participate at the 98th Indian Science Congress held at SRM University in Kattankulathur, Chander also said India was likely to test its inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) by the end of this year while efforts to build missiles with multiple warheads were also on.
To a query whether satellites could be armed to protect themselves against attacking missiles, Chander said: "There are possibilities of sending small satellites weighing 30-60 kg with warheads that can be activated from ground in case of any enemy attacks",
However, he added that India does not have the policy of weaponising its satellites. China has demonstrated its capability to shoot satellites with a missile by shooting down its own dysfunctional satellite twice.
According to Chander, the constellation of small satellites can also be used as back-up for India's communication satellites. On India's missile programmes, Chander said the agency is working on missiles with multiple warheads that can strike at multiple targets and steps to reduce the weight of the missile with the use of composites.
According to him, the year end would see the test-firing of advanced version of Agni missile - the ICBM Agni V.
"Agni V has strike range of 5,000 km and is built with high composite content to reduce its weight. The first stage is made of composites while the missile's second and third stages have a large content of composites," Chander said.
He said at 49 tonnes, Agni V weighs around one tonne more than Agni III but its range has gone up far more. The Agni III missile's range is around 3,500 km.
On the issue of joining hands with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and draw out a common component sourcing strategy to bring down the hardware cost, Chander said: "It is true there are common technologies between rockets and missiles. But in the case of a missile, it has to re-enter the atmosphere to strike whereas it is not so with the ISRO rockets. Further component specifications would also change."
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DRDO preparing to test fire advanced BMD system in Feb
After carrying out major upgrades, India will test fire an advanced version of its indigenous Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) system in February allowing it to destroy enemy rockets at a much higher altitude.
As part of its efforts to protect itself from enemy missiles, India is developing a two-tier BMD which can intercept enemy missiles at exo-atmospheric (outside the Earth's atmosphere) altitudes of 80 km and endo-atmospheric (inside the Earth's atmosphere) heights of 30 km.
Under the improved system, the DRDO-developed missile shield will intercept missiles at exo-atmospheric altitudes of 150 km and endo-atmospheric height of 80 km, DRDO sources told PTI here.
The system is being upgraded after DRDO felt that a capability to intercept enemy projectiles at higher altitudes would give it more response time in case the first attempt is a miss and the second layer of the system can be put into action, they added.
Sources said with India facing a theatre-based threat and not a global one from an Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), such a capability would also give it an advantage in terms of the area covered by the missile defence system.
The system was first test-fired in November 2006, elevating India into the elite club of four countries to have successfully developed an Anti-ballistic missile system, after the United States, Russia and Israel.
Last year, DRDO conducted the fourth in a row successful test of the endo-atmospheric interceptor missile at an altitude of 15 kms.
Sources said if the tests prove successful, DRDO will go ahead with the deployment of the BMD by 2015.
http://www.brahmand.com/news/DRDO-preparing-to-test-fire-advanced-BMD-system-in-Feb/6088/1/10.html
After carrying out major upgrades, India will test fire an advanced version of its indigenous Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) system in February allowing it to destroy enemy rockets at a much higher altitude.
As part of its efforts to protect itself from enemy missiles, India is developing a two-tier BMD which can intercept enemy missiles at exo-atmospheric (outside the Earth's atmosphere) altitudes of 80 km and endo-atmospheric (inside the Earth's atmosphere) heights of 30 km.
Under the improved system, the DRDO-developed missile shield will intercept missiles at exo-atmospheric altitudes of 150 km and endo-atmospheric height of 80 km, DRDO sources told PTI here.
The system is being upgraded after DRDO felt that a capability to intercept enemy projectiles at higher altitudes would give it more response time in case the first attempt is a miss and the second layer of the system can be put into action, they added.
Sources said with India facing a theatre-based threat and not a global one from an Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), such a capability would also give it an advantage in terms of the area covered by the missile defence system.
The system was first test-fired in November 2006, elevating India into the elite club of four countries to have successfully developed an Anti-ballistic missile system, after the United States, Russia and Israel.
Last year, DRDO conducted the fourth in a row successful test of the endo-atmospheric interceptor missile at an altitude of 15 kms.
Sources said if the tests prove successful, DRDO will go ahead with the deployment of the BMD by 2015.
http://www.brahmand.com/news/DRDO-preparing-to-test-fire-advanced-BMD-system-in-Feb/6088/1/10.html
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After carrying out major upgrades, India will test fire an advanced version of its indigenous Ballistic Missile Defence system in February allowing it to destroy enemy rockets at a much higher altitude. As part of its efforts to protect itself from enemy missiles, India is developing a two-tier BMD which can intercept enemy missiles at exo-atmospheric (outside the Earth's atmosphere) altitudes of 80 km and endo-atmospheric (inside the Earth's atmosphere) heights of 30 km.
Under the improved system, the DRDO-developed missile shield will intercept missiles at exo-atmospheric altitudes of 150 km and endo-atmospheric height of 80 km, DRDO sources told reporters in New Delhi. The system is being upgraded after DRDO felt that a capability to intercept enemy projectiles at higher altitudes would give it more response time in case the first attempt is a miss and the second layer of the system can be put into action, they added.
Sources said with India facing a theatre-based threat and not a global one from an Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), such a capability would also give it an advantage in terms of the area covered by the missile defence system. The system was first test-fired in November 2006 elevating India into the elite club of four countries to have successfully developed an Anti-ballistic missile system, after United States, Russia and Israel.
Last year, DRDO conducted the fourth in a row successful test of the endo-atmospheric interceptor missile at an altitude of 15 kms. Sources said if the tests prove successful, the DRDO will go ahead with the deployment of the BMD by 2015.
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what will be the range of the 150km and the later 300km altitude interceptor?
