Based on all the known achievements we made in agni series.
A5 MIRV/A6 ( ~45tons) should by all accords be capable of throwing 3 tons of payload to ~8000km.
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A5 MIRV/A6 ( ~45tons) should by all accords be capable of throwing 3 tons of payload to ~8000km.
A5 mk1 came with maraging steel motor casings and a reported launch wt of ~50t. It was considerably heavier than other ICBMs like Russia's Topol-M which has a longer range.
CRMC should reduce that significantly for A5 mk2/A6, considering A-P weighs <50% of the A3.
'More than 20% weight reduction by replacing steel with composites in A5' was reported by HT in 2022. So I'm going with the minimum possible number.
We don't know that, maybe the compromises made are worth it in the designers eyes, maybe they are keeping future missile length demands in mind, maybe today's govt doesn't want global coverage but who knows Tommorow's govt might want it,
And if you would scroll further you would see that I explained his suggestion was wrong because of the perspective warping present in the image.
Correction Agni 5 weighs 50 tons and is 17m long
Agni 5 Brochure from Vigyan Vaibhav 2025
RANGE : 150 Km - 5000 km
LAUNCH MASS : 50T
LENGTH: 17 m
ARTICLE KEY FEATURES
• THREE STAGE WITH RE-ENTRY VEHICLE
• ROAD MOBILE, CANISTER LAUNCH SYSTEM
• ALL SOLID PROPELLANT MOTORS WITH FNC
• STAGE I METALLIC MOTOR, STAGE 2 & 3 COMPOSITE
• RETRO ASSISTED SEPARATION FOR ALL STAGES
• ROLL CONTROL USING RCS FOR ALL THREE STAGES
• RE-ENTRY VEHICLE ATTITUDE CONTROL THROUGH RCS
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Old specs. Agni-5 is no longer the Agni-5 that was tasted in the last decade.
Agni-V can now strike targets beyond 7,000 km if India wants; 20% weight reduced: Report
The decision to test the missile for its new maximum possible range which is 7,000 km will have to be taken by the government, defence sources told news agency ANI. | India News
www.hindustantimes.com
That's a different newer missileOld specs. Agni-5 is no longer the Agni-5 that was tasted in the last decade.
Agni-V can now strike targets beyond 7,000 km if India wants; 20% weight reduced: Report
The decision to test the missile for its new maximum possible range which is 7,000 km will have to be taken by the government, defence sources told news agency ANI. | India News
Agni 5 mk 2 or Agni 5 Prime
It's like Tejas Mk1 vs Mk1A
What I shared are the Specs of the Original Agni 5
That's irrelevant to the conversation which is about weight reduction and fuel efficiency.
Besides, the specs of the missile you shared of will only form a minor portion of the A5 force (more likely is that it won't at all). At least MK1 got a token force.
why you getting all defensive, Agni 5 and Agni 5 mk2 are 2 very distinct missiles I merely pointed out the data you presented was slightly incorrect that's all.
Old Agni 5 that was user trialed nearly 5 times by SFC won't even be used by SFC at all, how very naive of you
Chinese analysts said during initial Agni 5 tests that with a 500kgs payload, it can reach max theoretical targets at around 8000kms. Wonder what they now think about Agni 5 MK2! With reduced weight and better propellants along with using the same formula/extrapolation, 10,200kms range is a given.
So as It turns out this is most likely S4 submarine
The Streamlined hump looks very similar
@GASOLINE_ON_FIRE so what now the other potential design of S5 turned out to be for S4 so now hump backed one is the only publically know design of S5