India Pursuing Blue Water Navy, Ballistic Missile Sub
June 7, 2004 :: Defense News :: News
India has the ambition to join the other great powers of the world in having a blue water ballistic missile submarines, according to a story in Defense News. India’s recent adoption of a new military doctrine aimed at the acquisition of such vessels could help to counterbalance China’s own military buildup, detailed in the DoD report released last week. India is already planning to lease a Russian Akula-class sub, but will soon develop its own vessels.
The report does not specify what sort of ballistic missiles an Indian submarine may carry, but one sea launched ballistic missile India has been working on is the Dhanush. (Article, Link)
» More stories on: India
» Missile details: Dhanush
India Continuing Work on Agni-III
June 4, 2004 :: Xinhua :: News
India is continuing its work on the Agni-3 missile with a range of 3,000km, reports the Chinese Xinhau news agency, but it is not certain when it might be tested. One of the scientific advisors to the program is quoted as saying that it could be within a year. (Article, Link)
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» Missile details: Agni-3
Congressman Crowley Urges Sale of PAC-3 to India
May 25, 2004 :: Analysis
New York Congressman Joseph Crowley has urged Secretary of State Colin Powell support India’s request to buy the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile defense system.
In his letter, Crowley, a Democrat, stresses the need for the United States to help India “deploy a capability to defend itself against a ballistic missile strike from an adversary or a rogue nation, or from an accidental launch from a friendly neighbour.”
The logic of Crowley’s argument about India and the desirability of systems “purely defensive in nature” is applicable to other nations as well, and most especially to the United States. Other Democrats would be wise to also support ballistic missile defense. (Article, Link)
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» Missile system details for: Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3)
India Tests Prithvi II Missile, Plans Agni III Test
March 19, 2004 :: London Guardian :: News
Pakistan and India continue to exchange missile tests. On Tuesday, March 9, Pakistan tested its Shaheen II nuclear capable missile. Pakistan shortly thereafter announced it would be making other tests during the year. Now today, on March 19, India responded with a test of its Prithvi II, also nuclear capable. And on March 23, India is reported to also be planning another test of its more advanced, 3000km range Agni III sometime in 2004. (Article, Link)
» Mar. 23: Wash. Times: India to test Agni III this year
» Oct. 2003: Agni III test originally postponed till January 2004
» More stories on: India, Testing - Foreign
» Missile details: Agni-2, Prithvi-2
Israeli-Developed Phalcon Claimed Able to “Neutralize” Pakistani Missile
March 18, 2004 :: News
Israel’s Phalcon system, previously sold to India, is capable of “neutralizing” Pakistan’s Shaheen II ballisic missile, according to a news report, which came just after Pakistan’s test of the Shaheen II on March 16.
It is unclear in what sense the early warning/spy plane can neutralize the Pakistani missile, unless it is meant that it would be used in concjunction with a missile defense system.
India is also considering purchasing the U.S. Patriot, the Russian S-300, and the Israeli Arrow missile defense systems. (Article, Link)
» FAS description of Phalcon system
» Mar. 4, 2004: Israel-India Phalcon deal
» Mar. 1: Pakistan complains of Phalcon
» More stories on: India, Israel, Pakistan
Russian S-300 to go to India
February 5, 2004 :: News
Russia has offered its S-300V missile defense system to India, according to India’s Financial Express. India is currently also considering the comparable Israeli Arrow II and the American Patriot missile defense systems. (Article, Link)
» More stories on: India, Russian Missile Defenses
» Missile system details for: S-300V (SA-12A Gladiator, SA-12B Giant)
India Test Fires Prithvi Missile
January 23, 2004 :: Channel News Asia :: News
India has conducted the 23rd test of its Prithvi (Earth) nuclear-capable missile. The missile was fired from a mobile launcher from the integrated test range Interim Test Range at Chandipur in the Orissa state, located on the eastern coast of India. Indian defense sources said that the test was successful and that the missile hit its target accurately.
Versions of Prithvi have ranges from 150-350km. Prithvi can reach a target at a distance of 150 km in just 300 seconds, and is said to have a minimum range of 40 km. Prithvi can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads, with a payload weight up to 1000 kg.
Prithvi was first tested in 1988, and are believed to have entered service in 1994. Some reports suggest that Prithvis are equipped to carry multiple nuclear weapons. The Prithvi-350, or P-3, is believed to be ship-launched. (Article, Link)
» Villages evacuated for Prithvi test
» Map of India
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U.S.-India Commission Issues Joint Statement
August 8, 2003 :: Department of Defense :: News
A joint commission between the United States and India today issued a joing statement on military cooperation which included moving forward on missile defense alliances. India, which borders its natural geopolitical enemy China with a large arsenal of ballistic missiles, will be invited to two upcoming BMD conferences in Japan and Germany, during June 2003 and July 2004, respectively.
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith led the U.S. panel. Feith was the co-author of a famous 1996 legal memorandum on the lapsing of the ABM Treaty following the collapse of the Soviet Union. (Article, Link)
» More stories on: Allies, China, India
National Intelligence Estimate on the Foreign Ballistic Missile Threat
January 9, 2002 :: CIA :: News
The National Intelligence Council released the latest report on Foreign Missile Developments and the Ballistic Missile Threat Through 2015. The report concludes that the missile threat to the United States has increased since 1999 and that any future analyses of the missile threat must also include the threat posed by rogue nations and terrorist groups. (Article, Link)
» More stories on: Analysis, China, India, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Pakistan, Proliferation
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