Pakistan Tests Hatf VIII
May 8, 2008 :: News
On Thursday, Pakistan successfully tested-fired its Ra'ad (Hatf VIII), an aircraft launched, 220-mile-range cruise missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. The test comes one day after India test-fired a long-range missile also with nuclear capability. Although Pakistani officials have declined to disclose the launch site, they reported that the missile "has special stealth capabilities," and is a "low altitude, terrain-following missile with high maneuverability." It can "deliver all types of warheads with great accuracy." (Article, Link)
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India Set to Test Agni III+ in 2009, Agni IV in 2010
January 7, 2008 :: News
An Indian defense official has announced that India would test a new intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 5,000 kilometers in the beginning of 2009. Vijay Kumar Saraswat, program director for ballistic missile development at the Defense Research and Development Organization, made the announcement and gave a few indications of the missile's capability. The new missile, designated "Agni III+" is an upgraded version of the Agni III intermediate-range ballistic missile developed by India. The recently tested Agni III has a range of up to 4,000 km and is designed to carry a single nuclear warhead. Sarasvat was also quoted as saying that an additional ICBM is being developed which would have a range of 6,000 kilometers. This last missile, called Agni IV, has been scheduled for testing in 2010. (Article, Link)
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India Flies the Red Flag: Participates in Exercise
December 7, 2007 :: Asia Times :: News
The December 5 edition of The Asia Times includes a thorough evaluation of India's recent military buildup of its air, land, sea and BMD assets. India's growing military sophistication is the result of increased international cooperation and arms purchases. "In the past two to three years, India has spent almost $11 billion on military arsenal, making it the largest arms importer in the developing world."
India and the U.S. are to reach a cooperative milestone with India's participation in the "Red Flag" multinational aerial exercise, slated for August 2008. "'Red Flag' exercises are said to be among the toughest and will allow Indian pilots to witness at close hand the world's best air forces. India has participated in many US-led war games, but this will be at the highest level for the first time." India has also negotiated plans to construct a new class of fighter aircraft with Russia, while U.S. firms compete to build 126 medium multi-role combat air crafts.
India's BMD programs have also steadily advanced:
The new "endo-atmospheric interceptor" put down a simulated electronic missile that is a prelude to striking a live Prithvi ballistic missile, modified to approximate an attack. According to Indian scientists, the "interceptor" missile could surpass the American Patriot Advanced Capability-3 system. India established its "exo-atmospheric" hypersonic interceptor missile capabilities, borrowed from an Israeli system, in November last year when an incoming Prithvi missile was successfully destroyed.
New Dehli has also developed more effective short, medium and long range-ballistic attack missiles, such as the Akash, Prithvi and Agni. Another outgrowth of its close military relationship with Russia is the land-hugging BrahMos cruise missile. "Over the next year, DRDO also has plans to carry out advanced tests for the 250-kilometer Prithvi and the longest-range inter-continental 1,500-2,500km Agni missiles that cover China. Defense officials say that India is looking to produce 20 Prithvi missiles and 50 Brahmos missiles annually."
India's cooperation with Russia also extends to its land assets. New Dehli will import 347 T-90S main-battle tanks (MBT), worth $1.2 billion. In fact, "India's ongoing defense relationship with Russia is more than $10 billion, far higher than any competitor country, Israel, USA, Britain or France." (Article, Link)
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Indian Conducts Missile Intercept Simulation
December 2, 2007 :: India Defence :: News
On December 2, India conducted a simulation of a ballistic missile intercept 15 kilometers above the Bay of Bengal. The simulation serves to prepare for a live intercept attempt slated for this coming week. India's Defense Research and Development Organization designed the Advanced Air Defence missile interceptor (AADO1) specifically for the endo-atmospheric test. The AAD01 is said to be a single-stage, solid-fueled, rocket-propelled missile. In the exercise, the interceptor missile was fired at 10.44 a.m. from Inner Wheeler Island off the Orissa coast. The electronics target, a derivative of Prithvi missile, was fired at 10.42 a.m. from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) of Chandipur, located about 120 km from Wheeler Island. The test is part of India's effort to deploy a two-layered ballistic missile defense. (Article, Link)
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India Plans Additional Prithvi Intercept Tests
November 12, 2007 :: Defense News :: News
Following a successful intercept exo-atmospheric test in November, India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) announced it will conduct an endo-atmospheric test of its Prithvi Air Defense (PAD-1) anti-ballistic missile system this month. The Prithvi missile interceptor is a converted indigineous ballistic missile. India hopes to deploy its missile defense system, which it is developing with help from Israel, by 2015. The test will use an Israeli Green Pine Radar, and will intercept a target at 25 kilometers within the atmosphere. Two more exo-atmospheric and endo-atmospheric tests are planned before the missile system is ready for induction into the Indian Defence Forces, DRDO scientists said. (Article, Link)
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India Tests Agni-1
October 24, 2007 :: Spacewar.com :: News
On October 24, India successfully test fired its nuclear-capable Agni-1 ballistic missile from a test range in the eastern state of Orissa. The test is the second this month, following an earlier October 5 launch. The Agni-1 has a range of 700 kilometers (420 miles), making it capable of striking at most targets within Pakistan. The launch was conducted by India's recently-established strategic armed forces, signaling Agni-1's official induction into the million-plus military, defense experts said. "It is a major success," the official added. (Article, Link)
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India Tests Agni-1
October 5, 2007 :: News
On October 5, India successfully test fired the short-range variant of its nuclear-capable Agni-1 ballistic missile which can strike most targets in rival Pakistan, a defence official said. The Agni-1, which has a range of 700km, was launched from Wheeler Island at mid-morning off the eastern state of Orissa, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. (Article, Link)
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India Develops Underwater Launched Version of the Brahmos
September 5, 2007
Indian Defense Minister A. K. Antony announced September 5 that India had developed an underwater launched version of Brahmos cruise missile. However, as the Indian naval fleet does not currently have the capability to launch the new version of the Brahmos, Delhi has requested that Russia provide a submarine on loan to test the new missile. The Minister added that efforts were being made to integrate the missile with both the Air Force's SU-30 MKI fighters and Navy's IL-38 maritime planes. (Article, Link)
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India To Test New Cruise Missile in 2007
July 24, 2007 :: India Defence :: News
Newspost India reports that India's Advanced Systems Laboratory, a unit of the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), is developing a new medium-range, multi-platform missile, named the Nirbhay. "It [Nirbhay] will be better than [the] Babur," explained Avinash Chander, director of ASL, referring to Pakistan's first subsonic, low-level terrain-mapping cruise missile. The Pakistani Babur was originally developed with a 500 km range and was later upgraded to 700 km. The Nirbhay missile will have a range of 1,000 kilometers and a speed of 0.7 mach, or 70% of the speed of sound. While the missile is being developed domestically, India is looking at foreign partnerships to develop the engine. (Article, Link)
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India Working on New Generation Missiles
July 7, 2007 :: News
India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has started work on new types of missiles, following successful tests of the Agni and Prithvi models. The new missiles include a superior version of the Agni III, a hypersonic BrahMos and a naval missile known as Sagarika. The superior Agni III, tentatively scheduled for testing in 2010, would boast a range of 5000 to 5500 kilometers, effectively pushing India into the club of nations with intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). The hypersonic BrahMos missile would move approximately ten times faster than the present version and is awaiting final consent from India and Russia, which produce the missile jointly. The Sagarika would be a submarine launched, nuclear-armed, missile with a range of 1000 kilometers. (Article, Link)
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