I think it is right & wrong...fanne wrote:. A liquid fuel missile can be filled at any depot in any part of the country. ``The liquid fuel technology of today does not impair reaction time or performance. There is no handicap at all. It has an equivalent life of seven years as compared to a solid fuel missile.
On one side the liquid fuel such as Kerosene used in Brahmos say can have that kind of shelf life.. However i dont think the same will be applicable to the hypergolic fuel mixture & volatile RFNA used in Prithvi..
the Prithvi fuel once loaded can stay in readines alert only for a few moths (according to BR Prithvi page)... so we still have to troubleshoot the liq-fuel in the ABM..
I am not sure if DRDO has taken the services on-board in this project.. once again we may end up a situation where services complain about usability, operational ease, etc etc..