Russian-Indian BrahMos Cruise Missile Goes into Production
July 6, 2005 :: Interfax :: News
The joint Russian-Indian cruise missile BrahMos has entered production, reports Interfax-AVN. The collaborative project, which began in 1998, includes Russia’s Mashinostroyeniye Company and the Indian Defense Ministry’s Defense Research and Development Organization. Interfax-AVN quotes Aleksandr Maksichev, acting general director of Mashinostroyeniye, as stating, “Tests of the BrahMos missile have been successfully completed, and the first customer is the Indian navy. Serial manufacture has begun in Russia and India.” The initial batch of BrahMos missiles will number approximately 70. Maksichev emphasized that the BrahMos is an all-purpose missile: “The basic model is anti-ship but it could also be adapted for use against land targets. It could also be adapted for airborne platforms.” (Article, Link)
» BrahMos official website
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India Plans to Develop Indigenous Missile Defenses
July 5, 2005 :: AFP :: News
India has declared that it plans to develop its own missile defense, reports the AFP. The article quotes Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee, that “There is no question of accepting [a] missile shield from anyone. …What we are interested in is developing our own missile program and we are doing that.” Mukherjee’s comments follow last week’s signing of a 10-year joint defense agreement between the U.S. and India, and previous reports that Washington plans to sell (or has already sold) Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptors to New Delhi. Mukherjee did not mention the PAC-3 in his statement. (Article, Link)
» June 29, 2005: AFP on U.S.-India defense agreement
» June 15, 2005: The Indian Express on PAC-3 sales to India
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» Missile system details for: Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3)
India, U.S. Sign Ten Year Defense Agreement
June 29, 2005 :: AFP :: News
The U.S. and India have signed a 10-year defense agreement paving the way for joint weapons production and cooperation on missile defense. The June 28 statement signed by U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and his Indian counterpart, Pranab Mukherjee, calls for “an enhanced level of cooperation covering military to military relations as well as a defense industrial and technological relationship.” The two nations have agreed to set up a defense procurement and production group to oversee defense trade, co-production and technology collaboration, and research, development, testing and evaluation.
Most analysts view the June 28 initiative as part of Washington’s larger strategy to counter the growing influence of China, India’s immediate neighbor. (Article, Link)
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U.S. to Discuss BMD Sales to India
June 17, 2005 :: AFP :: News
Stephen Rademaker, U.S. assistant secretary of state for arms control, told reporters on Thursday that the U.S. is willing to discuss supplying missile defense systems to India. The AFP quotes Rademaker, speaking from New Delhi, as saying, “We are willing to talk to India about missile defense. Missile defense is very expensive. So, it is not something that India will enter into lightly.” He urged New Delhi to spell out regulatory mechanisms for controlling exports of sensitive technologies. Rademaker’s comments coincide with reports that the U.S. has agreed to sell to India the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) system.
On June 15 The Indian Express reported that the U.S. has already cleared the sale of PAC-3 anti-missile interceptors. The decision came on the eve of Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to the U.S. this month, and represents a significant step toward closer military relations between the two countries. The PAC-3, unlike previous models, relies on hit-to-kill technology to eliminate short- and medium-range missiles. (Article, Link)
» June 15, 2005: The Indian Express on PAC-3 sales to India
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» Missile system details for: Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3)
India to Test Agni-3 in 2005
May 31, 2005 :: Jane's Information Group :: News
India will test launch its Agni-3 intermediate-range ballistic missile before the end of 2005, reports Jane’s Defence Weekly. The Agni-3 is a three-stage, surface-based, solid- and liquid-propellant ballistic missile. Its range is believed to be approximately 5,000 km (3,107 miles), which would make it capable of striking Beijing. The article quotes a Dr. M. Natarajan, head of the India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), as saying that, “Development of Agni-3 is on schedule. It will fly by the end of the year.” According to the Jane’s report, the technical problems previously associated with the Agni-3 missile have been resolved. (Article, Link)
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India Tests Prithvi-1
May 12, 2005 :: AFP :: News
India today tested the Prithvi-1 missile from its Chandipur-on-Sea integrated test range in the eastern state of Orissa. The Prithvi-1 missile has a range of 150 kilometers, and can deliver both conventional and low-yield nuclear warheads. The Iranian news agency, IRNA, adds that the missile was “mounted on a mobile tatra transporter erector launcher.” (Article, Link)
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U.S. Offers PAC-2 to India
April 11, 2005 :: News
The United States has offered India the Patriot PAC-II missile defense system, reports the Press Trust of India. The offer comes as part of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s announcement of a closer strategic partnership with India. (Link)
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» Missile system details for: Patriot Advanced Capability-2 (PAC-2)
Testing of Agni III May Occur in 2006
March 4, 2005 :: News
India has revised its estimate of when the Agni III ballistic missile will begin to undergo testing, which was reportedly expected as early as 2003; initial flight testing is now said to be at least another year away, namely in 2006, due to technical problems which are now said to be “well under control.” The Times of India quotes a source as saying that “The Agni-I (700-800 km range) and Agni-II (2,000-km-plus) missiles, already being inducted into the Army as part of the deterrent posture against Pakistan, have boosters from Indian Space Research Organisation…But Agni-III is a totally different system, with an entirely new vehicle…Its various systems have to be extensively tested in ground test-beds first to establish reliability.” (More »»»)
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India’s Interest in Missile Defenses
February 11, 2005 :: Statesman (India) :: News
Citing an announcement by defense officials at a press conference, India’s The Statesman reports that India could establish an air and missile defense shield for a 200 square kilometer area within five or six years, quoting defense scientists said. Such a system could reportedly be duplicated to protect “big cities and strategic facilities like nuclear reactors and space launching sites against incoming missiles.” The interceptor is said to be a surface-to-air missile with a range of 80-85 km, and another interceptor with a range of about 20 km. The Akash SAM is mentioned as a possible interceptor for such a system; “Meanwhile, the Akash will have some anti-missile system capabilities.”
As for the radars for such a system, Mr M. Natarajan, DRDO chief and scientific advisor to the defense minister, said they might include a phased-array radar placed on an executive jet, such as the Brazilian Embrear. India has already purchased from Israel the Phalcon aircraft-mounted radar system. (Article, Link)
» Jan. 25, 2005: India Daily: India pursuing manipulation of ionosphere to fry electronics of incoming warheads
» Feb. 12, 2005: Hindustan Times: India BMD to use Prithvi missile, Israeli-origin Green Pine radar
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India Military Parade Displays Missiles
January 26, 2005 :: News
In commemoration of its Republic Day national holiday, India held a military parade in New Delhi. The weaponry displayed included a number of tanks, fighter jets, helicopters, and ballistic and cruise missiles, namely unspecified versions of the Agni, Prithvi, and Brahmos. (Article, Link)
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