Posted on 03/14/2010 11:53:20 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
India's new Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile, being developed to destroy hostile missiles encountered coordination problem and failed to take off during a planned launch from the Integrated Test Range at Wheeler Island off Orissa coast on Monday.
"Coordinated exercise between target missile Prithvi from Chandipur and the indigenously built interceptor from Wheeler Island could not take place properly during the planned trial," defence sources said.
Though Prithvi - the target missile - was test-fired at 10.02 hrs from a mobile launcher from ITR's launch complex-3 at Chandipur-on-sea, 15 km from here, the interceptor missile failed to blast off, they said.
Though the exact reason behind interceptor missile's failure to take off was yet to be ascertained, preliminary analysis suggested that the target missile might have deviated from its stipulated trajectory, leading to lack of proper coordination, the sources said.
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They are pretty open about their failures. Like the Agni-3 which failed during the experimental stages, and was rectified within weeks, I do not have any doubts about them succeeding with this, soon.
A ring of free nations surrounding China is the best insurance we Australians can get against Communist tyranny.
I agree with you.I think that they are a little too open about failures.
...AND keep China from buying up your commodities firms! At least China seems to have gotten over the Rio Tinto thing, although there is still the matter of those executives held in China on a list of charges.
Then again, this shows that their “missile interceptor” can’t find, track, target and launch against a “target missile” that did not follow its intended track.
Shows an inherent limit in the interceptor missile, doesn’t it? (Or the safety limits of the test site override the interceptor - which I hope is the case.).
As far as I am aware, during missile tests, if any component begins to deviate from a predicted trajectory, subsequent launches are immediately cancelled, and the deviating missile is forced to self-destruct.
The test here was on Wheeler Island, which is in the Bay of Bengal. Two sovereign nations, Burma and Bangladesh, are right by it. I would think that a stray missile has the potential to quickly become a major international issue.
When India calls for tech support, where are their calls routed?
The last one in the world you can count on is some braggadocio:
Just a few days before this failed test, they bragged their Anti-missile techinques (which is at an amatuerish terminal interoption level) are better than the Chinese ones (which is at an top-notch ground-based middle-course KKV level):
According to Pravda, China performed a successful launch of an ABM interceptor missile. The test became an important link in the creation of the nation’s missile defense system, news agencies reported January 11. Pravda further says, it was a Chinese act to scare the Americans and the Government of Taiwan.
Interestingly, according to souurces close to Indian military defense reserach institute (it is no longer DRDO at Pune, the secret advanced organization is fully classified), India is ahead of Chinese missile technologies in stealth, target precision management, and algorithmic evasion.
The recent ABM test in China was closely followed by Indian top military space scientists. It actually exposed China’s weakness and vulnerability. It also brought smiles among the Indian scientists and engineers because if this is what Chinese could perform to scare the Americans, then China has really to worry about Indian capabilities. India has two sets of program. One is open and the other is secret. The open specs are far behind the real specs. The open program boasts Prithvi Air Defense anti-ballistic missile interceptor. Last year, India showed the world how Prithvi Air Defense anti-ballistic missile interceptor achieved all the mission objectives. The two-stage interceptor missile fitted with advanced systems hit the target enemy missile at 75 kilometers (47 miles) altitude. But India does not talk about its secret program that far exceeds Prthvi’s capabilities.”
More details about their most recent brags:
http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/21315.asp
You know can understand how reliable and capable an alliance they could be.
India-Daily is not even an Indian publication.
It’s some New Jersey-based blog, known for some of the most doped-crazy “stories” ever concocted online.
It’s funny that you had to post from there, to prop up your pathetic explanation.
ChiCom, much?
High winds blew out the match?
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