PSLV missile ?

vrus

New Member
I was just wondering,
the Indian satellite launcher Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) has been very successful so far. It can carry a payload of about 1000 kg. So my question is can it be equipped with a nuclear warhead and made a missile ?
 

kashifshahzad

Banned Member
vrus said:
I was just wondering,
the Indian satellite launcher Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) has been very successful so far. It can carry a payload of about 1000 kg. So my question is can it be equipped with a nuclear warhead and made a missile ?
PLz post some link related to this then the discussion will continue
 

aaaditya

New Member
india's agni uses slv3 stage i beleive pslv stage can be usefull for an icbm,by the way for more information on indian space launchers you can refer to bharat-rakshak.com,and also refer to the bharat-rakshak.com for info on missiles ,technically yes a satellite launcher can be developed into a missile.bharat-rakshak.com is better and more informative than the www.isro.org:coffee
 

srirangan

Banned Member
Technically the PSLV could be modified into a ICBM/ And India has had this capability for quite a while now, so the answer to your question is a yes.
 

vrus

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kashifshahzad said:
PLz post some link related to this then the discussion will continue
It was on the homepage yesterday. Don't know if its still there.
 

kashifshahzad

Banned Member
srirangan said:
Technically the PSLV could be modified into a ICBM/ And India has had this capability for quite a while now, so the answer to your question is a yes.
Sri why do India need an ICBM ???
 

aaaditya

New Member
india needs an icbm against china thus india will acquire the ability to strike very deep in china(mutually acquired destruction):coffee
 

kashifshahzad

Banned Member
srirangan said:
MAD is already in effect wrt India-China.
Sri what is MAD

Do increase the range of your IRBM's no need to jump to acquire an ICBM simply waste of money . Increase in defence budjet for ICBM will give rise in the number of your enemies and other will make efforts to do the same i know you are one step forward
 

gf0012-aust

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srirangan said:
Welcome back Gf!
thx matey, except I'm not really back. I'm off to IMDEX in Singapore on Tuesday, and then back to Europe. The bloody dog had almost forgotten what I look like. ;)
 

ajay_ijn

New Member
srirangan said:
India doesn't, which is why they haven't been pursued. Just that the capability exists.
I don't think we have full capability,it will take 2 to 3 years to develop and test an ICBM.
Can CARTOSAT(Satellite carried by PSLV) be used for Spying purpose.
It resolution very high compared other India satellites.
 

aaaditya

New Member
cartosat can be used for mapping purposes hence iam sure it shall have advantages from a millitary perspective(it can b eused for providing imagery for the cruise missiles or terrain map for special forces:coffee and infantry and armor):coffee
 

EnigmaNZ

New Member
M.A.D. Mutually Assured Distruction. It means you are both so well armed with weapons of mass distructions, that if either start a war, there will be no winner, both will be distroyed in the conflict.
 

aaaditya

New Member
in simpler language it means you hit me with nuclear weapons then i will hit you with nuclear weapons so we'd better not start a nuclear war.:D :coffee
 

ArjunMK1

New Member
India is really building an ICBM named Surya with PSLV technology .
The supposed range is 8 to 12 thousand Kms . It is ia three stage missile fitted with cryogenic engines .
 

nalan

New Member
i beleive the cryogenic engine has been ground tested and would be launched sometime next year ,a icbm with cryogenic engine is first generation missile and requires lot of preparation time(about 12 hours),i would prefer the scramjet engine and the use of the avtar hyperplane instead of the surya9the surya project should be dropped).

http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2&theme=&usrsess=1&id=84185

Statesman News Service
HYDERABAD, July 25. — The Defence Research and Development Laboratory here has begun work on a next-generation aircraft that would fly at hypersonic speeds, that is, seven to ten times faster than the speed of present aircraft. This aircraft would be four times faster than the Concorde, which used to fly between London and New York.

This means that once this aircraft is operational, a Hyderabad-Delhi flight that takes two hours now would be completed in about 15 to 20 minutes. The premier laboratory is home to the nation’s prestigious missile programme which includes the Brahmos, Prithvi, Akash, Trishul, Nag and Astra. “This month, we have established a sophisticated engine test complex to test the engine on the ground,†DRDL director Mr Prahalad told The Statesman. This computerised system would test 10 engines in the next one and a half years.

“Engines would be made here. We are in the process of developing them,†he added.

Presently, supersonic aircraft fly at around 1,000 km per hour at an altitude of 10 km.

He said his aim was to fly at hypersonic speeds, that is, above 4,500 km per hour. Or perhaps even higher. “I want to fly at least at 7,000 km per hour at an altitude of 30 km,†Mr Prahalad said.

Towards this end, Mr Prahalad has constituted a specialist core team comprising 35 of the DRDL’s best scientists. One fifty more are directly associated with the project. This team is already in the process of working out the aerodynamics, structures, engines, materials, needed for this aircraft to take off.
These elements are absolutely critical as hypersonic speeds cause rapid increase in temperatures because of the air flowing to the aircraft’s surface at several times the speed of sound.

“We are developing the technology needed to create a situation where hypersonic speeds are a reality. For this, both the science and the technology have to work. We are focussing on aerodynamics and system engineering,†Mr Prahalad explained.

Only three other countries — USA, China and Russia — are actively pursuing this concept.

“One of these four countries (including India) will succeed first,†he said. Given that the project is in its initial stage, Mr Prahalad refused to speculate on the costs involved. “There is sufficient money for research and deveopment,†he said.
:confused:
 

girkaranil

New Member
about pslv and icbm

dear all,
the main difference between pslv and most of icbm is liquid propelled and solid fuel rocket boosters. pslv is based on liquid propelled systems and icbm is on solid boosters. the main challenge is to convert liquid propelled into solid fuel. this is sound easy but the drdo and our space agencies are confident to make the icbm operational upto 2017 and the icbm name called agni v
 
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