I remember reading about this a few years back in an Indian Magazine, but its not acknowledged by the government or DRDO.
Hoax or Secret Weapon ?
By: shalav - 3rd November 2011 at 03:00
Sure about it.
By: CoffeeBean - 2nd November 2011 at 21:15
True story JBG. There is no Indian ICBM programme as India is being sensitive to US/Europe concerns.
India has only two possible nuclear threats, Pak & China. The 5,000 km Agni V will take care of the range requirements.
By: JangBoGo - 2nd November 2011 at 10:50
Pure speculation, an Indian ICBM programme doesn’t exist.
Presently India’s missile policy is limited to 5000-7000 km. GoI has explicitly stated they do not want an ICBM, and there is no policy in place for longer ranged missiles.
If an ICBM was under development, it would have been stated as part of the nuclear policy, and DRDO would have published it as a development project in its reports to parliament.
Consider; it never hid the development efforts put into developing the K15 for the Arihant. Neither were they circumspect about mentioning their 5000-7000 km missile goal, which the DRDO states as a variant of he Agni.
If the GoI decides in the future to develop an ICBM it would probably show up as a development project in DRDO’s annual report to parliament as an Agni variant. Long before that the GoI would have stated their desire to have an ICBM.
I would ignore reports from organizations such as NR, FAS etc… they have no connections within India, and their speculations are based on their contacts within the US intelligence community. 2nd and 3rd hand information is unlikely to be reliable.
Are you sure about what you wrote or would you like to retract? :rolleyes:
By: shalav - 22nd October 2011 at 21:16
Pure speculation, an Indian ICBM programme doesn’t exist.
Presently India’s missile policy is limited to 5000-7000 km. GoI has explicitly stated they do not want an ICBM, and there is no policy in place for longer ranged missiles.
If an ICBM was under development, it would have been stated as part of the nuclear policy, and DRDO would have published it as a development project in its reports to parliament.
Consider; it never hid the development efforts put into developing the K15 for the Arihant. Neither were they circumspect about mentioning their 5000-7000 km missile goal, which the DRDO states as a variant of he Agni.
If the GoI decides in the future to develop an ICBM it would probably show up as a development project in DRDO’s annual report to parliament as an Agni variant. Long before that the GoI would have stated their desire to have an ICBM.
I would ignore reports from organizations such as NR, FAS etc… they have no connections within India, and their speculations are based on their contacts within the US intelligence community. 2nd and 3rd hand information is unlikely to be reliable.
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