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Missile technologist V.K. Saraswat on Friday said India was not in the race to make ICBMs (Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles), even while asserting that the “building blocks” to design and develop such missiles were in place.
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a two-day national conference on ‘Advances in Sensors for Aerospace Applications-SENSORS-2007’ at Research Centre Imarat (RCI) here, Dr. Saraswat, who is also the Chief Controller, Defence Research and Development Organisation (missiles and strategic systems), said long range missiles would be developed depending on the requirement and priority. There was no doubt as far as capability was concerned.
To a question, he said: “The ICBM is not our priority. India doesn’t need to build an ICBM to defend herself based on the current threat perception.”
He said Agni-IV was in the design stage. “Agni-IV is better than Agni-III in terms of performance envelop.”
He, however, declined to mention the range or the time frame for the first flight trial. He said two more flight tests for Agni-III would be conducted.
Advanced Systems Laboratory Director Avinash Chander, who is the programme director for Agni, said DRDO possessed the technology and capability for building Agni-IV. Agni-III was developed with a lot of potential to build on it...Read...
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a two-day national conference on ‘Advances in Sensors for Aerospace Applications-SENSORS-2007’ at Research Centre Imarat (RCI) here, Dr. Saraswat, who is also the Chief Controller, Defence Research and Development Organisation (missiles and strategic systems), said long range missiles would be developed depending on the requirement and priority. There was no doubt as far as capability was concerned.
To a question, he said: “The ICBM is not our priority. India doesn’t need to build an ICBM to defend herself based on the current threat perception.”
He said Agni-IV was in the design stage. “Agni-IV is better than Agni-III in terms of performance envelop.”
He, however, declined to mention the range or the time frame for the first flight trial. He said two more flight tests for Agni-III would be conducted.
Advanced Systems Laboratory Director Avinash Chander, who is the programme director for Agni, said DRDO possessed the technology and capability for building Agni-IV. Agni-III was developed with a lot of potential to build on it...Read...