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.).
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.