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Singha wrote:total program cost is development cost + unit cost when series production starts. being low volume items, even the unit cost is likely to be quite high considering brahmos cost $10mil a shot.
we will likely build ourself a fleet of around 100 A5 road mobile as one leg of the triad....eventually
Can we reduce per unit cost by exporting to say Taiwan?
A watershed event! This is what I have been waiting for since Shakti Tests! India's yet another tryst with destiny is achieved with this. My sincere thanks as a common citizen to the scientists and leaders who made this day possible...Jai Hind!
Feels great! I am reminded of Kalam's famous poem "Wings of Fire" and his quote "Strength respects strength".....today India has shown the world its might! Jai Hind! Jai Hind!! I am as happy as a kid today!..but I have waited for this day for two decades....I was 14 years old when I first learnt and got interested in strategic affairs and national defence.. today at 43....i have the same feeling as an excited teen!
Those in my age group will relate to what I am saying
The tone of the DNA article by Bhaskar, and also of the BBC's correspondent( of Indian origin) tends to talk down the achievement with words like 'premature' and 'not clear if all parameters were met', when it does seem that all parameters were successful.
Why not simply praise the achievement as much as possible( within bounds) and then add that more tests would be desirable before induction in a couple of years. Is that so painfully hard to do?
Varoon Shekhar wrote:The tone of the DNA article by Bhaskar, and also of the BBC's correspondent( of Indian origin) tends to talk down the achievement with words like 'premature' and 'not clear if all parameters were met', when it does seem that all parameters were successful.
Why not simply praise the achievement as much as possible( within bounds) and then add that more tests would be desirable before induction in a couple of years. Is that so painfully hard to do?
they are own pay roll by china or foreign powers..
Singha wrote:total program cost is development cost + unit cost when series production starts. being low volume items, even the unit cost is likely to be quite high considering brahmos cost $10mil a shot.
we will likely build ourself a fleet of around 100 A5 road mobile as one leg of the triad....eventually
I believe only the A6 with a 3 petaled rose will be deployed in numbers.
gkakkad, Commodore Uday Bhaskar is an IN man. He was also director of IDSA the think tank of GOI. He has forgotten more than we know! During the British period, Adm Cunningham RIN once said "Naming enemies creates them!"
So no need to focus on China only when there is a whole slew of backers for China who are now threatened by the dragon the unleashed on the world.
His admonishment is for the Indian DDM that spews a US chant about PRC threat to the world!
Quick question. The initial clips talked about the missile also being used as an Anti-Sat weapon.
This suggest that the final stage could cruise and maneuver. So give that the trajectory is not purely basaltic, what prevents it from cruising for a really long distance before re-entry?
Quick question. The initial clips talked about the missile also being used as an Anti-Sat weapon.
This suggest that the final stage could cruise and maneuver. So give that the trajectory is not purely basaltic, what prevents it from cruising for a really long distance before re-entry?
Fuel. The little that it carries will be used for trajectory correction and positing the RV for precise reentry.
Atta boy India. This is the only country in the world who deserves all the nuclear weaponery. They never were the first to wage war against another nation. Even from centuries ago, nations invaded India, including the British. I therefore think that this country deserves to hold all the worlds arsenals for their extraordinary responsible nature.
Good job India!, I wish the Philippines has a credible defense against communist china's invasion.
North Korea fires a missle made in China....it fails..
India develops missle that can hit China......it's successful......
India is a country that does not get into other countries affairs. If push came to shove they
would not back down. One never hears of India looking for or making trouble.
So does this mean its Curry vs Sweet and Sour?
The chief scientist who was in the team that tested this was educated in the US. He graduated from Caltech in the year 1994. It seems he was one hell of a student. Never took notes, never read a book had a phenominal memory and always aced his tests. I wonder why the US did not hire him. They just let him go.
India is our great ally!
India is doing very well without spreading violence.
Congrats India! It's nice to have another friend of the US to help balance out the not so nice countries! BTW, I love Chicken Tika Masala!
PS: Who was that Scientist from Caltech referred? Any ideas?
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Ant-sat weapon!!?? why would we launch a 50tonner, with 1.1 tonne payload for sats?
Let me counter that thought with my own vision: Actually for anti-satellites, we need a controlled Astras (perhaps with on-board O2/ or just batteries is enough to guide) that is all.. a bunch of them can be piggy bagged and deployed by any means..(Isro or drdo facilities) and then remains dormant in the space.. till a button is pressed.
Please do read the comments. It's interesting to note that its mostly the Chinese or Chinese Americans who are whining, most of the others seem to be in support.
Congrats DRDO!
Ethan Kohl Wrote:
India continues to be a harbinger of hope in a region that is highly volatile -- Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and Myanmar are all highly unstable countries that neighbor India.
Being a responsible nuclear power, India has time and again shown restraint against both Pakistan and China. I do however wish India would start showing a little hawkish attitude, instead of being continually docile, in order to counter the threat from China and Pakistan.
My best wishes to India and Indians on this considerably remarkable achievement.
"Baa, baa, India.Have you any missile ?Yes, sir, yes, sir,Three bags full;
One for the China,And one for the pakistan,And one for the self declared policeman
Who lives in the other side of the world"
The only thing sweeter would have been to launch Agni-V across China to a splash down in the Pacific Ocean! (This is what China did in 1971 or 72. They launched a missile over India to a splashdown in the Indian Ocean.)
I think there was some deliberate confusions created by DRDO regarding time, number of missiles to put off Chinese and Massa satellites. I am sure some of those satellite lives would have come down making repeated passes over chandipur.
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Kudos to Indian scientists, DRDO AND the whole AGNI team. BR salute's you all and we are with you for the development of Super power India ! JAI HIND ! Let us have 360 degree capabilty. Let us go for SURYA soon!
Wow. the Agni 5 really did bring some good news. this Jingo is doing Half Lungi dance and going to sit for an SDRE meal with some Agni (gunpowder )
Congratulations to the Team which did this. If you are reading this, I will just like to say "Thanks, for making a nation proud, thanks for being there for us, you are our heroes".
Now waiting eagerly for NP1, Nirbhay and VikAd to come!
Altair wrote:Today is also a day Aryabhatta onboard Salyut-1 was launched.
Today’s news is also that India became the worlds third largest economy in PPP terms per IMF data.
That should be a gob stopper for those who will be shortly, if not already have, come crawling out of the wood work seeking to belittle the great stride taken by the launch of Agni V by pushing poverty:
hopefully we see these tests soon, in the next 2 years
MIRV
ASAT (A-4 or nav upgraded A-2 might suffice)
Sat launch on Demand
and Space based interceptors that cover mid-course through re-entry phases due to flex nozzle enabled MaRV's albeit MIRV sized ones, these are put in short lived orbits to cover the duration of the conflict
the Canister might come in once the first stage is also made of composites
once we see a MIRVed A-5, it reflects the throw weight (slightly lower due to orbital speeds) it can put in orbit?
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