Malcolm Merlyn Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 Quote Bhubaneswar: India on Saturday successfully tested a Star Wars-type interceptor missile that can hit an incoming ballistic missile, achieving a significant milestone in the direction of developing a two-layered Ballistic Missile Defence system. The interceptor was launched from Abdul Kalam Island (Wheeler Island) off Odisha coast at 8 am that morning. "PDV (Prithvi Defence Vehicle) mission is for engaging the targets in the exo-atmosphere region at an altitude above 50 km of earth's atmosphere. Both, the PDV interceptor and the two-stage target missile, were successfully engaged," said a Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) official, according to news agency PTI. The target was developed for mimicking a hostile incoming Ballistic Missile launched from a ship anchored at Bay of Bengal and interceptor was launched from Kalam Island. In an automated operation, radar based tracking system detected and tracked the hostile ballistic missile. This is DRDO's latest test towards developing an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) shield, to protect Indian targets against nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles fired from Pakistan or China. The DRDO, sources say, has been working to master this capability and this is now ready for use. This is an essential defence mechanism since both Pakistan and China have nuclear tipped ballistic missiles aimed at India. This was only the second time the hostile Missile was intercepted at 100 km and sources say only a handful of countries have this similar capability. Congratulating the scientists, PM Narendra Modi said, "Today our scientists have made a missile that could attack an incoming missile in the sky, only 4-5 countries in the world have done this." http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-successfully-test-fires-star-wars-type-interceptor-missile-1658393
KeyboardWarrior Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 Congrats to India and DRDO for having STAR WARS type of interceptor .....
Vilander Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 It's a terminal stage interceptor but exo atmospheric pdv, gives more risk mitigation than PAD. US and China have mid course interceptors the ones that can interceptor an icbm midcourse up in the atmosphere not in terminal stage that's next.
Malcolm Merlyn Posted February 15, 2017 Author Posted February 15, 2017 It's a terminal stage interceptor but exo atmospheric pdv, gives more risk mitigation than PAD. US and China have mid course interceptors the ones that can interceptor an icbm midcourse up in the atmosphere not in terminal stage that's next. Indication is that its likely to be a mid course interceptor.
Vilander Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 10 hours ago, Malcolm Merlyn said: Indication is that its likely to be a mid course interceptor. we will have to see, it can intercept up to 130KM around 100 miles altitude thats mostly terminal stage for the dongfeng. They have not released the cruising distance or range. I guess it is what it is. , we are talking state of the art for mankind. US has tested midcourse they fail most of the time, China claims to have them i have not seen reports on their tests. There were tangents with orbital launchers, i wonder where those projects are, you know i dont think it can be funded.
Malcolm Merlyn Posted February 15, 2017 Author Posted February 15, 2017 we will have to see, it can intercept up to 130KM around 100 miles altitude thats mostly terminal stage for the dongfeng. They have not released the cruising distance or range. I guess it is what it is. , we are talking state of the art for mankind. US has tested midcourse they fail most of the time, China claims to have them i have not seen reports on their tests. There were tangents with orbital launchers, i wonder where those projects are, you know i dont think it can be funded. DongFeng isnt the concern now.The only concern is the second hand old missiles Pakistani got from NoKo and China.Spyder Aakash Barak 8 S 400 and AAD PAD is a very potent air defence cum Ballastic defence net. Chinese reports of any interception has to be taken with a lot of salt.
Vilander Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 9 minutes ago, Malcolm Merlyn said: DongFeng isnt the concern now.The only concern is the second hand old missiles Pakistani got from NoKo and China.Spyder Aakash Barak 8 S 400 and AAD PAD is a very potent air defence cum Ballastic defence net. Chinese reports of any interception has to be taken with a lot of salt. oh pak is covered more plenty of times over with just AAD and PAD with the s400 and PDV i think they are neutralised, their limited MRV with 2000mile range probably has midcourse interception range for PDV, but i am no missile trajectory expert, would be a point that i will research and ask of experts. Chinese MIRV df41 ? is the real deal thats a 10k tragectory, wonder what the terminal stage would be for it, if the RV's separate higher than 100 miles then India is *ed (nervous).. delhi agra chandigargh goes at same time, Mumbai,Pune at same time Chennai/bangalore at same time with just 3 missiles through the net.
Vilander Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 ok phase 1 PDV is 2500 trajectory mid course intercept so Pak is covered midcourse. Phase 2 PDV is 5000 trajectory so some of Chinese deployed BM's will be covered as of this test, not all i guess. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/delhi-mumbai-to-be-first-provided-with-missile-defence-shield/articleshow/14370434.cms So this is more substantial than i initially thought.
Vilander Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 extremities of Chinese mainland and India are not more than 6000km anywhere so 10000 trajectory is impossible so i think the current PDV is for chinese ICBM's.
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