Pakistani Missile News

Whatever happened to the planned Ghauri III?

wire communication send from china
“u have enough to catch India”

:dev2::diablo:

Probably true when it comes to the number of warheads. But Delivery Systems ? Really ?

Would not surprise me giving the help China have given.

The thing is Pakistani nuclear and missile programs are driven by the military which is fully committed to developing the best possible deterrent. On the other hand the Indian programmes are controlled by a civilian government which has historically always been half-hearted about our nuclear weapons programmes. Agni-3 slowed down, ICMB plans cancelled, I wouldn’t be surprised if the production of new warheads was also slowed down.

Probably true when it comes to the number of warheads. But Delivery Systems ? Really ?

India lags behind Pakistan in nuclear armoury: US expert

NEW DELHI: The nuclear information director of Federation of American Scientists (FAS), Hans M Kristensen, has sought to settle the debate on India and Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal by declaring that Pakistan doesn’t only have more warheads and fissile material but also better delivery systems for such weapons.

Referring to a report in TOI last week, he said that India might again be discovering that Pakistan has a few more nuclear weapons than India. “As far as I can gauge, apart from nuclear testing where India started first, Pakistan has always been a little ahead in warheads, fissile material and delivery systems,” said Kristensen in his latest write-up for FAS.

The TOI report was based on a study carried out by Kristensen and Robert Norris which said that, apart from Pakistan having more nuclear warheads, it had fissile material for 90 more warheads. India, it said, had fissile material for 60-105 warheads.

Kristensen, however, went on to say that neither country can claim any nuclear moral high ground. “Both are increasing their nuclear arsenals, both are producing more fissile material for nuclear weapons, and both are diversifying the means to deliver nuclear weapons and extending their range,” he said. As per his latest estimate, while India has 60-80 warheads, Pakistan has 70-90.

“The two countries are now at a warhead level about equal to that of Israel (80 warheads). But whereas it took Israel 40 years to reach that level, India and Pakistan have done so in only 12 years. And they’re apparently not done,” he added.

Kristensen is also co-author of the `Nuclear Notebook’ column in the `Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’, which claims to be the most accurate source of information on nuclear weapons and weapon facilities available to the public, and the `World Nuclear Forces’ overview in the SIPRI Yearbook.

According to Kristensen, Indian and Pakistani security will probably be served better by trying soon to define just how big a nuclear force is sufficient for minimum deterrence so that “prudent planning” doesn’t take them to a new and more dangerous level.

“Although neither government wants to say so publicly, India and Pakistan are in effect in a nuclear arms race. It might not be of the intensity of the Cold War arms race between the Soviet Union and the United States, but it is a race nonetheless for capability and systems,” he said

Read more: India lags behind Pakistan in nuclear armoury: US expert – India – The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-lags-behind-Pakistan-in-nuclear-armoury-US-expert/articleshow/6271845.cms#ixzz0w0RDHTwv

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-lags-behind-Pakistan-in-nuclear-armoury-US-expert/articleshow/6271845.cms

Whatever happened to the planned Ghauri III?

I wonder about Shourya too, not too sure about the depressed trajectory term

I fully agree with you. Although Shaurya uses a tactical ballistic missile’s propulsion, it’s cruise path & trajectory are more akin to a cruise missile. I wouldn’t be surprised if Shaurya too is off the list of informing Pakistan. Same goes for the under-sea Sagarika missile.

The above is correct. The agreement mandates prior information to be given to the other country only for ballistic missile tests.

So, just as India does not have to inform Pakistan before testing it’s Akash and Brahmos missiles, Pakistan won’t have to inform about it’s Babur tests.

I wonder what about the 3 PAD/AAD tests that India has conducted so far. PAD/AAD are not ballistic missiles, but the target missile is a ballistic missile. So, maybe Pak is informed only about the target, and not about the interceptors.

I wonder about Shourya too, not too sure about the depressed trajectory term

The above is correct. The agreement mandates prior information to be given to the other country only for ballistic missile tests.

So, just as India does not have to inform Pakistan before testing it’s Akash and Brahmos missiles, Pakistan won’t have to inform about it’s Babur tests.

I wonder what about the 3 PAD/AAD tests that India has conducted so far. PAD/AAD are not ballistic missiles,and only the target missile is a ballistic missile. So, maybe Pak is informed only about the target, and not about the interceptors.

The agreement to inform each other is for balistic missile tests – not for cruise missile tests.

Uhh.. isnt it a standard procedure to inform the Indians before conducting a missile test?? I mean, things could turn quite nasty quite fast if India got surprised by the test and miss interpreted it. And who could blame them for that?
I guess this “pre-warning” has more to do with avoiding an Indian N-strike than courtesy ..

Pakistan did not inform them of last 3 Babur cruise missile tests.

That leads me to believe that they could not detect them or they detected them but did not interpretate this as a Pakistani strike.

Or it could be a cruise and we are just being exceptionally polite and infirming them! 🙂

Pakistan has informed India that It may conduct a missile test during Feb 17 to Feb 21.

Uhh.. isnt it a standard procedure to inform the Indians before conducting a missile test?? I mean, things could turn quite nasty quite fast if India got surprised by the test and miss interpreted it. And who could blame them for that?
I guess this “pre-warning” has more to do with avoiding an Indian N-strike than courtesy ..

We have till 25th Feb apparently…

I haven’t hear or seen any credible news about it. Just some rumors on the internet based on some local newspaper, who credibility—well the less said the better.