Agni & Prithvi Ballistic Missiles : News & Discussions
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Indian nuclear weapons, 2026
As India expands its nuclear stockpile to an estimated 190 warheads and ramps up plutonium production with its new fast breeder reactor, major technological strides in MIRV-equipped Agni-V missiles, rail-mobile launchers, and a growing SSBN fleet mark a decisive maturation of its nuclear...
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BARC Newsletter October 1999 discussing the samples extracted from the Pokhran nuclear test site:
Yeah. FBRs are far more complex than TN bombs. Still some people will argue that we can make FBRs but not TN bombs. I just found this old PDF today. Thought I should post this.
Many still doubt the TN test success
Attached the DAE statement
"Successful in terms of achieving their scientific objectives and the capability to build fission and thermonuclear weapons with yields upto 200 kt"
Just a theory but the shorud motors was also seen near a site where the nose cone of Ababeel was found . tho the diameter of the nose cone looks smaller imo .
Idk if this is the right thread to post these questions, but here we are.
Since the Canisterization of the Missiles like the Agni V / Agni P or the Agni V -mk2/MIRV ,
-Possibly how much the indian Nuke doctrine has changed or is subjected to change ? .
One of the traditional feature of the Indo-Pak nuclear posture was the degree of separation b/w the warheads and its delivery system . Now with the canesterization this changes the equation as What canesterization does is that it allows the user to store , transport and operate the missiles with the Warheads mated on it . Improving reaction times , Ease of use and also increasing Level of threat/deterrence posed by the user .
So does this all means that Canisterization was more of a doctrinal shift then a technological one?
How does the GOI/SFC Plans to balance its canistered vs non canistered missiles ?
For eg Canistered missiles for the Chinese while Non canistered for the Pakistani side . How would Pakistan get to know the posture towards it has been changed and all the missiles under SFC are mated? Yk this could force us to mate our missiles too .
You get the idea , what im asking about right?
FYI this isnt under any OPSEC violation .
@Rajput Lion @Gautam @project igi @RationalGuy
Since the Canisterization of the Missiles like the Agni V / Agni P or the Agni V -mk2/MIRV ,
-Possibly how much the indian Nuke doctrine has changed or is subjected to change ? .
One of the traditional feature of the Indo-Pak nuclear posture was the degree of separation b/w the warheads and its delivery system . Now with the canesterization this changes the equation as What canesterization does is that it allows the user to store , transport and operate the missiles with the Warheads mated on it . Improving reaction times , Ease of use and also increasing Level of threat/deterrence posed by the user .
So does this all means that Canisterization was more of a doctrinal shift then a technological one?
How does the GOI/SFC Plans to balance its canistered vs non canistered missiles ?
For eg Canistered missiles for the Chinese while Non canistered for the Pakistani side . How would Pakistan get to know the posture towards it has been changed and all the missiles under SFC are mated? Yk this could force us to mate our missiles too .
You get the idea , what im asking about right?
FYI this isnt under any OPSEC violation .
@Rajput Lion @Gautam @project igi @RationalGuy