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It will be a busy week from Saturday for the Defence Research and ...
It will be a busy week from Saturday for the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) — it will test-fire three surface-to-surface missiles, which can carry nuclear weapons, from Orissa's coast.
Hypersonic missile Shourya (valour), which can also carry conventional warheads, will be test-fired from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near Balasore.
This will be followed by the launch of Prithvi-II on September 26, also from Chandipur, and Agni-II on September 30 from the Wheeler Island off Damra.
It will be the third launch of Shourya, which can fly at six-seven times the speed of sound (Mach 6 to 7) at low altitudes. The first launch was on November 12, 2008, and the second was kept a secret. It is the land-variant of underwater-launched missile K-15 that is being fitted into nuclear-powered submarine Arihant. K-15 is already under production.
DRDO missile technologists said the Saturday launch of Shourya would be “a proving trial with the user's [Services'] participation.” Since the first two launches were successful, the missile would be inducted into the Army if this flight too turned out to be a success. There would be no change in the configuration of the missile that can hit targets 750 km away.
Avinash Chander, Chief Controller (Missiles and Strategic Systems), DRDO, said the final version of Shourya was picked up from the production lot for the trial.
This might be one of the speediest induction of any ballistic missile in India.
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Usually i would Bonza, but there aren't much details available about the tests, particularly about Shourya/Sagarika other than that the tests went according to the plan. Its usually the failures that let out more details about the system
Finally DRDO lets out some details about the test. For the first time it confirms that Agni carries a MaRV. The colour scheme this time was not the usual DRDO white and orange spiral, which is used to monitor the spin of the missile. I think that means the unit was from the production lot and the MaRV wasn't being tested for the first time, as they might have had sufficient flight characteristic data with MaRV already, otherwise they would have used that old colour scheme.
Finally DRDO lets out some details about the test. For the first time it confirms that Agni carries a MaRV. The colour scheme this time was not the usual DRDO white and orange spiral, which is used to monitor the spin of the missile. I think that means the unit was from the production lot and the MaRV wasn't being tested for the first time, as they might have had sufficient flight characteristic data with MaRV already, otherwise they would have used that old colour scheme.
This was a user trial initiated by the SFC (Strategic Forces Command) the wing of the Armed Forces which control Ballistic Missiles & other Strategic (including nuclear) Arsenal. The DRDO was not primarily involved. I think you mean MIRV (Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicle)when you say MaRV (apologies if i am wrong). The article the link for which you have shared does not talk about a MIRV warhead, pl share any other links which does mention a MIRV tested this time. The color scheme again is because it is a user trial. Like when the tejas started flying it had a white + color scheme whereas these days they fly mostly with the IAF colors
This was a user trial initiated by the SFC (Strategic Forces Command) the wing of the Armed Forces which control Ballistic Missiles & other Strategic (including nuclear) Arsenal. The DRDO was not primarily involved. I think you mean MIRV (Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicle)when you say MaRV (apologies if i am wrong). The article the link for which you have shared does not talk about a MIRV warhead, pl share any other links which does mention a MIRV tested this time. The color scheme again is because it is a user trial. Like when the tejas started flying it had a white + color scheme whereas these days they fly mostly with the IAF colors
Avinash Chander, Chief Controller (Missiles and Strategic Systems), DRDO, said the control-related problem that led to the earlier failures were overcome by taking a number of steps focussing on quality. A specialist, dedicated agency went into quality at every stage.
“We took a number of steps to streamline the quality process and everything was checked,” he said. Agni-II's re-entry worked perfectly. Mr. Chander called it “a manoeuvring re-entry vehicle.”
Agni-5 to fly halfway to Antarctica
Ajai Shukla / New Delhi October 08, 2011, 0:29 IST
After three successful ballistic missile tests during the past fortnight, the Defence R&D Organisation (DRDO) is finalising preparations for the big one. In December, the giant Agni-5 missile will blast off from Wheeler Island, on the Orissa coast, travelling its full range of 5,000 km to a target in the southern Indian Ocean.
Agni-5 is debuting with a full-range test for two reasons. First, so that there is no question about how far it can strike. Second, to test not just the missile, but also whether the DRDO’s monitoring networks can cope with such enormous ranges, tracking the Agni-5 every moment en route to a target 5,000 km away. This will involve transporting a DRDO team and its tracking equipment on Indian Navy warships deep into the southern reaches of the Indian Ocean.
A full range test for a 3000 Kms + range . This must be a first for DRDO, considering its the first test of this new missile. The splash down would be deep south in the IOR between South Africa and Australia. Probably in same region where the alleged Israeli-South African nuclear test was conducted . The three stages of the missile have been apparently tested independently. Apparently the test is also designed to understand the Indian ground control/tracking capabilities, the missile is similar to the Agni III but with composites to enable range increase and distinctive motor advancements, its a canisterised missile
India has recently successfully tested a Milli-metric Wave based seeker on the home grown Anti-Tank Nag Missile. The seeker is still in the development process and has worked on a 2 km range on the basis of lock-on-before-launch. The next phases of development and testing should ensure that the range is increased to 4 kms and the seeker would be enabled to 'lock-on-after-launch'.
It would go on to be inducted into the air-ground Helina variant and the variant being developed for the Jaguars.
The question would be if a mmW seeker would be better than an IR based seeker in adverse weather conditions. And also if the development of such a seeker could help in developing targeting radars for helis and other platforms such as the longbow on the apache.
.. Also are there other Anti-Armour Missiles which use a Milli-Metric Wave seeker.
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.. Also are there other Anti-Armour Missiles which use a Milli-Metric Wave seeker.
Brimstone and Longbow hellfire use a mm wave radar.
Nag is turning out to be a wonderful weapon, now since it has been tested with both passive IIR seeker and mm wave seeker, the next logical step in development would be:-
1. Integration of a dual mode seeker.
2. Development of joint air/surface attack missile.
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And also if the development of such a seeker could help in developing targeting radars for helis and other platforms such as the longbow on the apache.
Logically the mm wave radar for a heli should come before the missile seeker (lesser power and size constraints) should the intention to integrate radar onto a helicopter be there, but mounting it on top of rotors (like in Ka-52 and AH-64D) requires a whole different level of rotor designing and correction algorithms in the radar processor to cancel the vibrations that even the most careful rotor design cannot remove.
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As if Agni-5 wasn't enough, work on Agni-6 is also in progress.
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“Future systems may carry different types of payloads such as high energy weapons. Further systems whenever planned, will have some of these (read as MIRV/MarV) features,” he said.
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On the launch date of A-5, he said: “The launch campaign will officially begin in the middle of the month.”
It seems to me as if Agni-5 is only an intermediate product and Agni-6 being a full blown ICBM.
. This must be a first for DRDO, considering its the first test of this new missile. The splash down would be deep south in the IOR between South Africa and Australia. Probably in same region where the alleged Israeli-South African nuclear test was conducted 
