Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion

Altair · Post by **Altair** » 19 Apr 2012 21:51

I actually love to have missiles aimed at Pakistan to have Female names.
For Chinese I would like to call A-5 "The Lama".
Just for kicks

Tessy for Pakistan specific missiles would wreck havoc in Pindi.

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 19 Apr 2012 21:54

Karal name suits Slime Dunk A5 as it sucks the life out of myriad headed adversary.

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 19 Apr 2012 21:58

ramana wrote:Suraj, Here is google link to all the ~ 1250 stories and counting about the A5 test and reactions!

Google News on A5 Test reactions

Thanks Ramana. We should collect and archive the Chinese responses and information about their sources. This is important so as to know who on their side said what. For example, particular papers/websites are mouthpieces of particular components of their firmament - the PLA backed newspaper may sound a very different tone from the official Xinhua communique. It provides insights into their known internal fissures. We know Hu hasn't consolidated his hold on the CMC as well as past paramount leaders, and the PLA essentially runs an independent shop. The PRC thread might be a better place to do this in.

Something notable is that their response chides others for not having condemned our programs. They've noticed that, particularly with regard to the recent brouhaha reg the Iran and NoKo tests. Even the armscontrolwonk flunkies are currently very busy nitpicking over whether the NoKo TELAR is Chinese or not

The Chinese are in a position as they put it in poker - if you look around the table and can't spot the patsy, it's you.

member_20317 · Post by **member_20317** » 19 Apr 2012 22:03

Saik, outer space would be well covered with probes looking out, but even these probes will have difficulty if the its done of the far side of sun to make sure of plausible deniability.

kirang · Post by **kirang** » 19 Apr 2012 22:20

In a live interview on Headline today, a few moments back, Dr.Subramaniam said that MIRV technology did exist in A5 missile fired today but that was not tested, and that MIRV technology is proven...just saying!!

Surya · Post by **Surya** » 19 Apr 2012 22:25

I am a bit confused

Some reports said this was canisterised - the pics don't show that

then I saw this

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/agni- ... red-199325

Anurag · Post by **Anurag** » 19 Apr 2012 22:28

Surya wrote:I am a bit confused

Some reports said this was canisterised - the pics don't show that

then I saw this

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/agni- ... red-199325

animation...

Surya · Post by **Surya** » 19 Apr 2012 22:33

Danke

svinayak · Post by **svinayak** » 19 Apr 2012 22:36

India tests nuclear-capable missile able to hit China

AP and AFP, NEW DELHI and BEIJING

A handout photograph released by the Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) shows a surface-to-surface Agni-V missile being launched from the Wheeler Island off the Eastern State of Odisha, India, yesterday
Photo: EPA
India yesterday announced the successful test launch of a new nuclear-capable missile that would give it the ability to strike the major Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai, a significant step forward in its aspirations to become a regional and world power.
The Agni-V missile, with a range of 5,000km, still requires a battery of tests and must clear other bureaucratic hurdles before it can be inducted into India’s arsenal in a few years. However, officials hailed the launch as proof that India has taken its place among the world’s most powerful and scientifically advanced nations.
“The nation stands tall today,” Indian Defense Minister A.K. Antony said, according to the Press Trust of India.
China is far ahead of India in the missile race, with intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching anywhere in India. Currently, the longest-range Indian missile, the Agni-III, has a range of 3,500km, which falls short of many major Chinese cities.
“At the moment there is a huge assymetry in China’s favor,” said C. Uday Bhaskar, former head of the Institute of Defense Studies and Analyses.
After it adds the missile to its arsenal, however, “India’s deterrent profile in the region would be appropriately burnished,” he said.
Video released by the government showed the Agni-V taking off from a small launcher on what appeared to be railroad tracks at 8:07am from Wheeler Island off India’s east coast. It rose on a pillar of flame, trailing billows of smoke behind, before arcing through the sky.
The missile hit an altitude of more than 600km, its three stages worked properly and its payload was deployed as planned, Defense Research and Development Organization head Vijay Saraswat told the Times Now news channel.
“India has emerged from this launch as a major missile power,” he said.
The missile will need four or five more trials before it can be inducted into India’s arsenal at some point in 2014 or 2015, Indian officials said.
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Liu Weimin (劉為民) declined to discuss the launch at a regular news conference yesterday, saying only that India and China should work together as strategic partners.
However, a state TV report on the launch enumerated the missile’s shortcomings and a Chinese newspaper warned India not to get arrogant and overestimate its strength.
“India should be clear that China’s nuclear power is stronger and more reliable. For the foreseeable future, India would stand no chance in an overall arms race with China,” said an editorial in the Global Times, which is published by the Chinese Communist Party’s official mouthpiece the People’s Daily.
China also said yesterday that upcoming joint war games with Russia were not organized in response to India’s successful ballistic missile launch and were instead aimed at upholding regional peace.
According to the Chinese defense ministry, the two neighbors will hold joint naval exercises in the Yellow Sea off the coast of the eastern port city of Qingdao from Sunday to Friday next week.
“This joint military exercise is a long scheduled one between China and Russia in order to uphold regional peace and stability,” Liu told reporters.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a ... 2003530784

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 19 Apr 2012 22:58

ravi_g wrote:Saik, outer space would be well covered with probes looking out, but even these probes will have difficulty if the its done of the far side of sun to make sure of plausible deniability.

I am even taking a step further like a lego model. docking componets are dispatched ahead, and one of the dispatch carries "it".

Now, another way to look at the probe would be the lego-ed module, doing a moon mission.. and all happens on the other side of the mid-night! under shadow. no hubbling or other bubbling looks at the event.. plus moon could block some of the infra/radiations.

abhishek_sharma · Post by **abhishek_sharma** » 19 Apr 2012 23:05

Agni-V: U.S. says “exercise restraint”

shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 19 Apr 2012 23:06

Congrats to all involved! Remember this was a national mission. AKA had called DRDO and asked to deliver this ASAP in August. VK Saraswat had called this a national mission. This tells us that DRDO had placed this project as priority and test ASAP. It had been kept in cold storage due to Indo US nuke deal.

Well done to all involved! I can't believe how much attention it has in the news. Everyone is talking about it abroad. Even NATO head had to say India is not perceived as a threat to NATO.

Bade · Post by **Bade** » 19 Apr 2012 23:07

kirang wrote:In a live interview on Headline today, a few moments back, Dr.Subramaniam said that MIRV technology did exist in A5 missile fired today but that was not tested, and that MIRV technology is proven...just saying!!

If you listened carefully to Avinash Chander interview immediately following the test, he says all the next bells and whistles need to be tested and not designed. So everything most likely (99.99%) exists already but just need to be tested, but it does not mean it can be done tomorrow. Two years is a tight schedule, and later quotes from Saraswat posted here from another new article confirms they have a schedule in place. So it is a matter of testing at this point.

abhishek_sharma · Post by **abhishek_sharma** » 19 Apr 2012 23:17

New York Times Report

India, Eye on China, Tests Missile With Longer Range

NEW DELHI — India said Thursday that it had successfully launched a missile with nuclear capability and a range of 3,100 miles, giving it the ability to strike Beijing and Shanghai and heightening fears of an Asian arms race.

With the launching of the missile, called the Agni 5, India joins a small group of countries with long-range nuclear missile capability, including China, Britain, France, Russia, Israel and the United States. Agni is the Hindi word for fire.

The launching comes amid growing international apprehension about the militarization of Asia and a stepped-up strategic rivalry there between the United States and China. In March, Beijing announced a double-digit increase in military spending, and India recently became the world’s top arms buyer, displacing China, in part because China has increased it domestic production of weapons. And on Thursday, South Korea tested a missile capable of hitting anywhere in North Korea, less than a week after North Korea launched a rocket that failed minutes after takeoff.

The missile launching in India “increases the perception of an arms race, and the reality of an arms race, in East Asia, particularly between China and India,” said Graeme P. Herd, head of the international security program at the Geneva Center for Security Policy, which trains diplomats on peace and security issues.

The timing may be seen as particularly provocative, he said, coming as China’s government deals with a scandal involving one of its top officials and after the United States has stepped up its military presence in the Pacific. “All of this, from the Chinese perspective, looks like a movement from balancing China to containing China,” Mr. Herd said, and could inspire Beijing to strengthen its weapons stockpile and forge closer ties with Pakistan and the Central Asian countries.

The launching was largely celebrated in India, where Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called it “another milestone in our quest to add to the credibility of our security and preparedness and to continuously explore the frontiers of science.” The entire nation honors the scientists involved, he said, who have “done the country proud.”

The Indian defense minister, A. K. Antony, said India had “joined the elite club of nations” that possess long-range missiles.

The United States, which led the criticism of North Korea last Friday, appeared to warily endorse India’s missile launching. “We urge all nuclear-capable states to exercise restraint regarding nuclear capabilities,” said Mark C. Toner, a State Department spokesman. “That said, India has a solid nonproliferation record.” India has a “no-first-use” policy.

China’s immediate reaction was subdued. At a regularly scheduled news briefing, Liu Weimin, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, said that India and China were “not competitors, but partners,” according to news agencies. The two countries should “work hard to uphold friendly strategic cooperation” for peace and stability in the region, he said.

The missile “does not pose a threat in reality,” China’s state-run broadcaster CCTV said, according to The Associated Press. The news channel questioned the accuracy of the missile’s guidance systems and its 50-ton-plus weight, which the Chinese said would force it to be launched from a fixed location, making it an easy target. India said the missile can be launched from a mobile platform.

Officials in Pakistan, India’s nuclear-armed neighbor and historic rival, did not return calls for comment. The countries have recently increased trade ties, raising hopes that the longstanding tensions between the two may be ending.

The Indian missile’s range would include Tehran, parts of Eastern Europe and Manila. But the focus of the test appeared to be China, analysts said.

“Agni 5 will give India complete coverage of targets in China,” Poornima Subramaniam, an Asia-Pacific armed forces analyst at IHS Jane’s Defense, said in an e-mail. “Agni 5 technologically narrows the missile gap between India and China, while the strategic balance between the two rivals is still tipped in China’s favor.”

The launching of the Agni 5, from an island off India’s east coast, is part of a missile program that began decades ago.

India started its missile development program in 1983. It has suffered occasional setbacks, but last November, it tested the Agni 4, which can hit targets up to 2,200 miles away. It will soon be given to the army for operational use; the Agni 1, Agni 2 and Agni 3 were also given to the army.

The Agni 5 weighs about 50 tons and is 51 feet long. It reached an altitude of about 430 miles in this test, the Indian government said. The Agni 5 will be ready for operational use by 2014.

“We have achieved exactly what we wanted to achieve in this mission,” Avinash Chandra, mission director for the test, told the Times Now news channel on Thursday.

China has a missile that can hit targets at least 6,200 miles away, and Pakistan’s missile range is at least 744 miles. “India has two nuclear-armed adversaries and needs to create minimal deterrence,” said Wing Cmdr. Ajey Lele, a specialist in strategic technologies at the government-financed Institute of Defense Studies and Analysis in New Delhi.

Some in India questioned spending so much on a sophisticated missile program as hundreds of millions of the country’s citizens continue to live in extreme poverty.

“It is ridiculous,” said Praful Bidwai, a researcher and columnist associated with the Coalition of Nuclear Disarmament and Peace. “We are getting into a useless arms race at the expense of fulfilling the need of poor people.”

The Chinese missile program is not directed at India, and the Chinese have assured India of that, he said, adding, “Now, the India missile program is clearly directed to China.”

Sruthi Gottipati and Nikhila Gill contributed reporting from New Delhi, and Kevin Drew from Hong Kong.

Reuters Report

Thursday's launch may prompt a renewed push from within India's defense establishment for a fully fledged intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program, with weapons capable of reaching the Americas, though some of India's allies may bridle at such an ambition.

"Policy-wise it becomes more complicated from now on, until Agni-V, India really has been able to make a case about its strategic objectives, but as it moves into the ICBM frontier there'll be more questions asked," said Pant.

Lilo · Post by **Lilo** » 19 Apr 2012 23:40

Dr Saraswat said that barring some electronic components, the Agni-V was a completely indigenous product.

“More than 80 per cent of the missile is indigenous, except for the electronic components which we import...Everything has been designed, developed and produced in our industry and our laboratory,” he said

What are these electronics ?
Is it difficult to produce them inhouse?

member_20317 · Post by **member_20317** » 19 Apr 2012 23:44

SaiK wrote: I am even taking a step further like a lego model. docking componets are dispatched ahead, and one of the dispatch carries "it".

Now, another way to look at the probe would be the lego-ed module, doing a moon mission.. and all happens on the other side of the mid-night! under shadow. no hubbling or other bubbling looks at the event.. plus moon could block some of the infra/radiations.

Moon ba baa too near, may already be bugged. One can never be sure.

Sun it has too be, that too very close to the sun with a big instrumentation relay, and that means god knows, 2-4 year travel time and a huge launch capability. The lego is good...only doable way forward. The spin offs would be stupendous.

OTOH, lets just test at Pokharan. to hell with world peace.

I am afraid this is getting OT.

kasthuri · Post by **kasthuri** » 19 Apr 2012 23:45

^^^ Hope these electronics are not from China...

Roperia · Post by **Roperia** » 19 Apr 2012 23:58

Agni V launch: A strategic milestone?

Interviews of

=> Dr. Ashwani Kumar, Minister of State for Ministry of Science & Technology.

I've to admit very nationalist views coming from a Congress Minister (even though it sounds more like recounting Congress's achievements).

=> DRDO chief VK Saraswat

This missile provides us with three capabilities, viz., re-entry vehicle, ASAT and launching multiple small satellites in critical times.

=> The head of the missile programme Dr Avinash Chander

=> One of the key scientists involved in the Agni missile programme Tessy Thomas

Sushupti · Post by **Sushupti** » 20 Apr 2012 00:04

Lilo wrote:
Dr Saraswat said that barring some electronic components, the Agni-V was a completely indigenous product.

“More than 80 per cent of the missile is indigenous, except for the electronic components which we import...Everything has been designed, developed and produced in our industry and our laboratory,” he said
What are these electronics ?
Is it difficult to produce them inhouse?

You need Silicon foundry for these components to be manufactured in India. Last time heard SCL had one with outdated technology and that to caught fire in late 90s. Intel had planned $ 2B one in India but at the last moment decided to build it in China.

harbans · Post by **harbans** » 20 Apr 2012 00:17

Some of the knee jerk poverty comments expose massive hypocrisy, specially coming from the Chinese. When the Chinese first tested their ICBMs their per cap incomes were less than a tenth of India's today or less than the per cap income of India in those days decades ago. They lost close to 60 million people direct starvation as they strived to superpowerdom decades back. Today across forums they are accusing India of neglecting the poor...if anyone does not see the hypocrisy here they are plain jerks without an iota of rationale.

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 20 Apr 2012 00:40

harbans, ignore them. the real rich has to feed the poor. you can ask them to stop inflicting huge damage on poor by adultrating fake goods to India.. this made in china stuff should be banned by poor, and see how their rich survive.

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btw, noticed this pic: http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/8812 ... 57970g.jpg
TN CM amma would be so happy with this pic.

SBajwa · Post by **SBajwa** » 20 Apr 2012 01:36

Congratulations to another great strategic achievement. Let's hope we have some good politicians who can utilize these strategic strengths towards the betterment of the common folks of India. How about starting with some justice for the victims of terrorism abetting from naPakistan? Nuke DA Terrorist Camps.

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 20 Apr 2012 01:39

abhishek_sharma wrote:Agni-V: U.S. says “exercise restraint”

restraint on use - yes.. that is already built into our doctrine.

restraint on building capability -- no way!

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 20 Apr 2012 01:48

Looks like NYT is employing lots of women reporters in Delhi! All sorts of experts are coming out of the woodworks.
The comment about need for clarifying objectives is silly. The A5 has 5000 km range which means it has limited coverage. Except North and South America all else is covered. That itself tells you the objectives. What more is needed?

Seriously A5 test is as important/significant as the POKII.

POKII proofed the payloads and A5 proofed the delivery system.
And Chinese reaction is as confused as at that time in 1998.

It shows cognitive dissonance. They were under impression that India cannot do it and were shocked that India did it. All their proliferation to TSP was wasted effort. they thought such acts would tie up India in a sub-regional cat fight while they can look lofty as a P-5 and appear just with US backing. Thirty years gone down the drain. Telugu saying "Bodhidha lo paneeru" Perfumed water in ashes!

That is the meaning of the A5 test.

Gerard · Post by **Gerard** » 20 Apr 2012 01:51

“It is ridiculous,” said Praful Bidwai, a researcher and columnist associated with the Coalition of Nuclear Disarmament and Peace... "The Chinese missile program is not directed at India, and the Chinese have assured India of that"

Ridiculous only to Prafool and his friends

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/china ... us/836941/

China has deployed more advanced and survivable solid-fuel nuclear capable CSS-5 MRBM missiles against India as a 'deterrent posture', Pentagon has said warning that a high degree of mistrust continues to strain their bilateral ties.

The PLA has replaced liquid-fuelled, nuclear-capable CSS-2 IRBMs with more advanced and survivable solid-fuelled CSS-5 MRBM systems to strengthen its deterrent posture relative to India, the Pentagon has said in its annual report on Chinese military build up to the Congress.

The report also says that Beijing is pumping in huge investments on border infrastructure developments laying more roads and rail network along the Sino-Indian border.

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 20 Apr 2012 01:53

Even pakis realizes that.. npr talks reflected they want to surrender siachen area after the avalanche kill reports

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 20 Apr 2012 01:56

[quote="PratikDas,ShauryaT,"Singha"]..We have one more. We have to get to a more slower but more intense burning solid fuel. Cannot make the missile longer or add a 4th stage for a true ICBM..
Changing to a composite case for the 1st stage, the largest stage, will also provide the largest weight savings. 4th stage will be easy after that.[/quote]
CL-20 perhaps.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 20 Apr 2012 01:57

I am waiiting for some reporter to come up with lack of toilets for the toiling masses!

My retort would both are needed.

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SaiK, Please. That is an explosive not a rocket fuel. Thoda think!

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 20 Apr 2012 02:03

socha tho ramana ji.. just read somewhere space shuttle using it.

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PS:

. CL-20 propellant compliant with Congress' 2004 insensitive munitions (IM) law has been demonstrated and may, as its cost comes down, be suitable for use in commercial launch vehicles, with a very significant increase in performance compared with the currently favored APCP solid propellants.

An attractive attribute for military use is the ability for solid rocket propellant to remain loaded in the rocket for long durations and then be reliably launched at a moment's notice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-fuel_rocket

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 20 Apr 2012 02:05

abhishek_sharma wrote:Agni-V: U.S. says “exercise restraint”

The title of the article is not appropriate; the US response within the article is actually positive, with a ho hum, lets all be a little restrained here tone that seems more directed at PRC than us.

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 20 Apr 2012 02:08

http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/ ... sile-test/

Indian Missile Test Ups The Pressure on A Jumpy Beijing

On Thursday, India tested a long-range, nuclear-capable missile with the ability to hit major Chinese cities such as Beijing and Shanghai. According to AJC the test was a success, and New Delhi is now planning to add more of these missiles to its regular arsenal over the next three years.This is a big step for India, and an even bigger step in the development of the Great Game in Asia. While India has always been one of the region’s strongest military powers, it has lagged far behind China, as its military outlook has been focused instead on dealing with a much weaker Pakistan. Pakistan’s continuing decline has changed that calculation; Pakistan is a great power in the realm of terror, but its conventional forces are not an offensive threat to India and strategically speaking, the greatest danger Pakistan poses to its neighbor is that its continuing disintegration will unleash forces of chaos and destruction.Meanwhile in Beijing, India’s missile test is just the latest in a long string of bad news. This is a grim spring for Beijing, even if most western commentary has been unable so far to connect the dots. Nothing is going China’s way. Domestically, life stinks. The economy is still showing signs of strain, sporadic rioting continues, and the Bo Xilai drama, which daily brings new and damaging revelations about the way China works is doing nothing to stabilize the country during a time of political transition.
And that’s just at home. Abroad, the consequences of the US repositioning continue to reverberate across the region. Small powers like the Philippines, reassured about American support, are challenging Chinese claims in the South China Sea. Japan is taking a more stridently anti-Chinese line. The defection of Burma from its Chinese connection gains momentum every day as Japan, India, Australia and the EU all join the US in welcoming the junta into the global economy. China’s one remaining ally, North Korea, remains a serious liability as its provocations and threats drive countries like South Korea and Japan closer to Washington.
The combination of internal and external pressure is severe and has the government in Beijing under more pressure than many observers grasp. Abandoning the policy of “peaceful rise” is looking more and more like a grave strategic error; much now depends on what lessons Beijing draws from a humiliating succession of high profile setbacks in Asia.

(lesson=Wise guy eat Crow)

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 20 Apr 2012 02:12

another lesson: what goes around, will come around.

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 20 Apr 2012 02:12

Aadmi owrr Insaan
India missile test has few critics, unlike NKorea

NEW DELHI (AP) — India's successful test of a powerful new missile that can carry nuclear weapons to Beijing caused barely a ripple — even in China — just days after North Korea was globally vilified for a failed rocket launch.The vastly different responses show the world has grown to accept India as a responsible and stable nuclear power, while shunning North Korea as a pariah."It's not the spear, but who holds the spear that matters," said Rahul Bedi, a defense analyst in India. North Korea is a condemned nation. It's a pariah country. Its record of breaking nuclear agreements is well known. India has emerged in that sense as a fairly responsible country."The muted response to Thursday morning's test underscores how far India has come in gaining acceptance for its nuclear program. After India tested its first nuclear bomb in 1974, the U.S. put it under sanctions for a quarter century.But last decade, the U.S. removed the sanctions and eventually ratified in 2008 a landmark deal to allow civilian nuclear trade that effectively accepted India as a nuclear nation.

svinayak · Post by **svinayak** » 20 Apr 2012 02:13

Abandoning the policy of “peaceful rise” is looking more and more like a grave strategic error; much now depends on what lessons Beijing draws from a humiliating succession of high profile setbacks in Asia.

Great Loss of Face!!!

Lilo · Post by **Lilo** » 20 Apr 2012 02:16

Sushupti wrote:You need Silicon foundry for these components to be manufactured in India. Last time heard SCL had one with outdated technology and that to caught fire in late 90s. Intel had planned $ 2B one in India but at the last moment decided to build it in China.

Sushuptiji,
thanks.

Found the actual video on jootube.
Saraswatji talks about "80% parts", and not specifically about electronics.
Though the media report quoted earlier qualified saraswat's comment to apply to imported electonics only.

I was wondering if any actual benefit was accrued to this test from the "easing" of restrictions on trade of dual-use items touted by MMS as one of the achievements of ratification of Indo-US Nuclear Deal.
For example in the guidance components like the piezoelectric motors in RLGs , MEMS based sytems (were they deployed ?) etc or did we develop these inhouse ?

The low CEP guaranteed by such technologies will dovetail well with the capping of yields of our warheads to < 50 Kt (as implied by "moratorium" on nuke testing "imposed" by the Nuke deal). Another conceded quid pro quo for the "easing" by the west could be capping of the range of Agni series at the current level ie ~ 5500 KM.

Hopefully scalability of current design upto ~10000 Km levels will be a nonissue looking at the parameters of speed (mach 24) and temperature (5000*C gradient climbdown to 50*C) already claimed to be achieved in this test of Agni V.

Ps:I wish McDonalds was not there in the background in the video but i guess DDM are too dumb to realize what such things signify

sudhan · Post by **sudhan** » 20 Apr 2012 02:19

Becky Anderson (CNN), go on babbling about the US and world double standards on the A5, test [grrr..]

"Why should anyone test a nuclear capable rocket now?"

"Why do they have to show off that you have the capability?"

What a retard!!

Poor MMS congratulating the scientific community was made to look as if he was boasting like NoKo...

svinayak · Post by **svinayak** » 20 Apr 2012 02:21

Can you post the clip

ashish raval · Post by **ashish raval** » 20 Apr 2012 02:23

Time for "Surya" series to begin then..10 to 25k Kms..

sudhan · Post by **sudhan** » 20 Apr 2012 02:32

Acharya wrote:Can you post the clip

I just saw the program live on CNN, will post the link if I find it..

I am right now, writing a mail to CNN..

Shaashtanga · Post by **Shaashtanga** » 20 Apr 2012 02:45

ramana wrote:abhijitm, A star is born and we need to recongize that. On BRF, MKI is called Rambha and Raffy is called Katrina.

Lets name A5 the Tessy.

Suraj, Here is google link to all the ~ 1250 stories and counting about the A5 test and reactions!

Google News on A5 Test reactions

Ramana sir, pardon my ignorance but who does "Tessy" refer to ?