Yes budget has increased which has resulted in India being far from having a nuclear delivery operational system as of yesterday’s news.

thank you

It seems like u folks want to believe in something very much, go ahead, I have posted 10 articles which say otherwise with exact quotes but then again what do I know, Thapar must know more than kalam, Atre and the defence minister combined 🙂

This is what Atre said btw

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040901/asp/nation/story_3702282.asp
Agni test checks nuke-war power
SUJAN DUTTA
New Delhi, Aug. 31: An Agni II missile test-fired on Sunday 100 days after the Manmohan Singh government took over was the first experiment by the army in a likely war scenario of the nuclear-weapon delivery system.

The missile, which has a range of 2,000-plus km, was configured to fly 1,200 km with a “lofted approach”. The reduced range also probably means that it was fired with a heavier payload to simulate a nuclear warhead.

So far the Agni II had been test-fired by the Defence Research and Development Organisation either for technical corrections or as technology demonstrators. There have been nine test-firings of the Agni series.

The DRDO chief and scientific adviser to the defence minister, V.K. Aatre, said here today that the last test-firing on Sunday was done by the army under the guidance of DRDO scientists. The Agni II was in limited-series production and in the process of being inducted into the army. Test-fired with a “horizontal approach”, the missile is capable of longer ranges.

Aatre retired today. His place as the DRDO head will be taken by M. Natarajan, who headed the DRDO main battle tank programme.

Aatre admitted that there was a slippage in the programme for the long-range (3,000-plus km) Agni III strategic missile that is being prepared. “I would have liked to see it tested before I left. But now it is up to the next man to decide when it will be tested”, he said.

Aatre said the Agni I and the Agni II are “absolutely-developed” missiles. “We have completely-developed systems for these two missiles and a certain number have been delivered to the army.”

Its funny how Thapar then made up bs about delivery from Mirages etc only 🙂

Ok lets not make at a flame war 😀 just reply with articles etc. no baseless assumptions (both sides 😀 )

Its funny that u would say that because i have posted a page of articles myself which have conviniently been ignored.

It seems like people dont seem to want to understand that Atre never said certain things too, I hope that someone can get us the press confrence and his exact words.

I feel its a good thing India doesnt have nukes. It will be even a better thing if PAKISTAN doesnt have nukes too. And you know what will be best, if this whole world could become nuclear weapons free.

So we can live peacefully.

thank you.

For once I agree fully and what the heck happened to the thread? 🙁

I also never knew that Kalam the former head was a liar when he said that the Agni was capable of carrying a nuclear payload but as a pdf memebr put it “what can hindxx do right”
pathetic

Speculation about Indian nuclear warhead weight being used on the Agni

http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/wmd/ballistic/ballistic/agni-1-01.htm
The payload is believed to be 1,000 kg with a separating 200 kT nuclear warhead that weighs around 500 kg. The payload section has a length of 3.8 m and a body diameter of 0.8 m, and has four moving delta control fins at the rear to manoeuvre during the terminal phase using what has been described as an INS/GPS guidance module with a radar correlation terminal guidance system. An accuracy of 100 m CEP has been reported. Agni 2 was first launched in April 1999, from a converted rail carriage, using a system similar to that used by the Russian SS-24 ‘Scalpel’ missile, with a carriage roof that slides open to allow the missile to be raised to the vertical for launch by two large hydraulic pistons. The launch process is controlled from a separate railcar. It is believed that the Agni 2 missile can also be launched from a road TEL vehicle, and that this was used for the second test flight in January 2001. The Agni 2 upgrade version has a maximum range of 3,500 km, which may be achieved by reducing the payload weight to 750 kg, or by upgrading the motors.
Agni 3 is reported to have a maximum range of 5,000 km. This missile may have both first and second stages as solid-propellant motors similar to those used on Agni 2, with a liquid- or solid-propellant third stage. Alternatively, it is reported that a new solid propellant first stage motor with a diameter of 1.8 m may be used, with the existing Agni 2 stages forming the second and third stages.

Some more info about Agni deployments
It is reported that some 5 to 10 Agni 1 missiles have been built and are held in operational storage.
The Agni programme was restarted in 1997, and, in July 1998 the Indian government announced plans to test two Agni 2 missiles. The first launch of Agni 2 was made in April 1999 from a rail car launcher located on Wheeler’s Island, near Orissa in the Bay of Bengal. This flight was over a range of 2,100 km, and is reported to have carried a dummy warhead to test the safety and arming unit in real flight conditions. A second test flight was made in January 2001 from Wheeler’s Island, over a range of 2,400 km, and it is believed that this launch was made from a wheeled TEL vehicle. It is believed that low-rate initial production of the Agni 2 version has been started, with an initial order for some 10 to 20 missiles. A small number (less than 5) of Agni 2 missiles are believed to have been operationally available from late 2000, and a production rate of 15 to 20 missiles a year has been suggested. Agni 3 is in full development and a first test flight is expected by 2003.

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/india/missile/agni-improvements.htm
Also in spring 1999, officials at DRDO told Defense News that they were developing an ambitious plan to produce 20 Agni missiles by the end of 2001.
In an August 1999 Independence Day Speech, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said Agni-II would be inducted into the Air Force.
Defense Minister George Fernandes told reporters, “Without weaponization, this question of being a nuclear weapons state does not make any sense. Nuclear weaponization is necessary, and in the ultimate analysis inevitable.”

· In April 1999, the BJP coalition approved the first test of the new Agni-II Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM), and the government also approved calls for a 59 percent budgetary boost for the Department of Atomic Energy and a 62 percent increase for the Department of Space. The DAE oversees the Bhabha Atomic Research Center, which is responsible for warhead design, production, and fabrication, while the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is closely integrated with India’s military ballistic missile programs.