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2007-03-25 India-Pakistan

Pakistans atomic, missile technology better than Indias, says Mubarakmand

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Posted by Dave D. 2007-03-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Pakistan is yet to launch a cricket ball into orbit, far less a satellite...
Unlike India, they have yet to test a thermonuclear device...

India will test an ICBM this week. It will then test their ABM system for a second time (the first test last year was a success, with a hit to kill intercept of a ballistic missile target).

It will also test a ballistic missile from the deck of a warship. That missile, Dhanush, has been previously tested from an underwater pontoon launcher.

Meanwhile a stripped down PSLV (the first stage solid booster is one of the largest solid rocket motors in the world) is being readied in India...

ISRO to launch foreign satellite

Agile is a space scientific mission devoted to gamma-ray astrophysics supported by the Italian space agency, with the scientific and programmatic co-participation of the Italian institute of astrophysics and the Italian institute of nuclear physics. The 180-kg AAM is aimed at testing some of the advanced avionic package for use in the future PSLV flights, the space agency said.

Officials said PSLV configuration for next month`s flight would be modified to use only the core vehicle (without the six solid propellant strap-on motors).

Posted by John Frum 2007-03-25 09:57|| 2007-03-25 09:57|| Front Page Top

#2 This vertical launch suggests a second role for this missile, as a short range, quick reaction air defence weapon.. useful against aircraft, helicopters, unmanned air vehicles, drones and precision-guided munitions etc. There may be collaboration here with Israel.. tech from their Spyder system...

India successfully test-fired a short-range air-to-air missile on Sunday, the defence department said.

The Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), the agency responsible for carrying out missile tests, said a 3.8-metre (12-feet) solid-fuel propelled indigenous missile, Astra, was launched off the coast of Orissa.

The Astra may be tested again within the next two days.

As it was likely to be launched from a vertical position, there would be a need to evacuate over 6,100 people from nearby villages, the sources said.

Posted by John Frum 2007-03-25 10:06|| 2007-03-25 10:06|| Front Page Top

Posted by John Frum 2007-03-25 11:47|| 2007-03-25 11:47|| Front Page Top

Posted by John Frum 2007-03-25 13:03|| 2007-03-25 13:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Segment of a solid fuel booster. Note the composite case and the diameter of this thing.
This is heavy ICBM type tech (if they choose to build one).

Posted by John Frum 2007-03-25 14:47|| 2007-03-25 14:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Paki technology is either black market or pilfered by their immigrants who the West employed in sensitive areas.

Posted by Sneaze 2007-03-25 15:50|| 2007-03-25 15:50|| Front Page Top

#7 Indian Sprace PrOn!

#3 look like a re-entry vehicle of some sort.

Posted by Shipman">Shipman 2007-03-25 16:44|| 2007-03-25 16:44|| Front Page Top

#8 That's the SRE experimental space capsule.
After about 2 weeks in orbit it was recovered from the Bay of Bengal by the Indian Coast Guard

Posted by John Frum 2007-03-25 17:27|| 2007-03-25 17:27|| Front Page Top

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