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sabya99 · Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 10:15 pm Post subject: India's missile might!

India capable of making missiles with 8,000 km range:
Saraswat
Bangalore, May 23 2012, (PTI):

India is capable of developing missiles that can hit targets located at more than 8,000 km away, a top official today said.

"We will develop it as and when we see a need to develop a missile longer in range than Agni-V. We have the capability to do it," Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister V K Saraswat told reporters here.

Since DRDO had already crossed the 'threshold' of making a system with longer capability and developing its sub- systems, making a longer version of Agni-V would be easier, Saraswat, also the Director General of Defence Research Organisation, said.

Last month, India test-fired nuclear-capable Agni-V Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile that brought China within its reach with a strike range of over 5000 km.

Saraswat said Agni-V can double up as a satellite launcher for hurling small-sized spacecraft into the space.

Agni-V had major propulsion blocks and a kind of aviation technology which makes it a suitable launch vehicle for sending small satellites into space, he added.

DRDO had started work on it, he said but refused to give a timeframe.

Deccan Herald : http://www.deccanherald.com/content/251624/india-capable-making-missiles-8000.html
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Aseem · Member Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2841 Location: YYZ

say if it fired from CCU, this is how far it will go

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sabya99 · Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 6:12 pm Post subject:

Aseem,
Thanks for the illustration. But Kolkata is not a major missile base for Indian strategic forces. I don’t think in near future it will at all be an ICBM launch center. Rather a small town outside Siliguri could be a major base for IRBM as you could cover Tibbet and south China from that point. But anyway thanks again.
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The_Goat · Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 12:55 pm Post subject:

A wasteful effort, IMO, considering the fact that all our enemies are within 2000 kms of our borders.

Who are we planning to strike with this misslile, Europe, Russia, Japan ????

Isn't it better if we invest more money on improving intelligence gathering, better equipment for our police forces and anti-terror operations than on this? I mean, there's not much point having an 8000KM range missile in your arsenal when you have gangs of street urchins entering your borders with impunity and creating mayhem in your economic capital, is there?
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sabya99 · Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 5:19 pm Post subject:

The small town I am indicating is Dalkhola near Siliguri. It has no airport but flanked by two IAF bases, Purnea air base and Siliguri( Bagdogra ) airbase both within 40 miles. Desi IRBM launched from here could hit Lassa and Golmund ( major Chinese IRBM site in central Asia ), even one could target KunMing. And you don’t have to take nuclear missiles to restive north eastern India through the chicken neck corridor. These issues have been discussed in the past in foreign affairs related journals.

As for 8000 miles range ICBM; I think it is just a technology demonstrator. India has declared in the past that it has no enemy in Europe or America. So targeting that part of the world is out of question. But you never know---never say never in politics and diplomacy. Smile

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