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'India refuses upgraded submarines from Russia'
Press Trust Of India
Published on Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 09:15, Updated at Sat, Jan 12, 2008 in Nation section
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NEW DELHI, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Over 30 years after the launch of the indigenous integrated guided missile development program (IGMDP )in 1983, which was dogged by huge time-overruns, cost escalations and technical snags, India Tuesday announced the ''closure'' of the long-running program, according to the local newspaper Times of India Wednesday.
With India on the "glide path" to testing the Agni-III-plus missile, with a strike range of around 5,000 kilometers, early next year, as well as hectic work underway to develop submarine-launched missiles and land-attack cruise missiles, further developmental work will not take place under the aegis of the (IGMDP).
While "strategic" programs like long-range nuclear-capable missiles will still be "undertaken in-house", India will increasingly look at foreign collaboration in other armament projects after many years of facing technology denial regimes.
Admitting the program has had a long tortuous history, India's Chief Controller of Research and Development S. Prahlada Tuesday said India had suffered from denial regimes as well as a poor domestic industrial base. But things are different now.
"Around 14 countries like France, Russia, UK, Germany, Singapore, Israel and now the United States are now knocking on our doors for collaboration. Our industrial base, too, has grown," he said.
Citing the "very successful" example of the 290-kilometer BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, developed with Russian collaboration, Prahlada said India could now develop new missile and weapon systems within five years. India, for instance, is already collaborating with France and Russia to develop an 80-kilometer range 'Astra' beyond visual range air-to-air missile to arm its fighter jets.
The virtual 'closure' of IGMDP comes after India declared that the Akash air defence weapon system, with an interception range of25 kilometers to guard 'vulnerable areas' against hostile fighter jets, unmanned aerial vehicles and sub-sonic cruise missiles, was now finally ready, the newspaper said.
Press Trust Of India
Published on Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 09:15, Updated at Sat, Jan 12, 2008 in Nation section
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india-refus ... 293-3.html
New Delhi]www.chinaview.cn[/url] 2008-01-09 13]http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008- ... 391415.htm[/url]
NEW DELHI, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Over 30 years after the launch of the indigenous integrated guided missile development program (IGMDP )in 1983, which was dogged by huge time-overruns, cost escalations and technical snags, India Tuesday announced the ''closure'' of the long-running program, according to the local newspaper Times of India Wednesday.
With India on the "glide path" to testing the Agni-III-plus missile, with a strike range of around 5,000 kilometers, early next year, as well as hectic work underway to develop submarine-launched missiles and land-attack cruise missiles, further developmental work will not take place under the aegis of the (IGMDP).
While "strategic" programs like long-range nuclear-capable missiles will still be "undertaken in-house", India will increasingly look at foreign collaboration in other armament projects after many years of facing technology denial regimes.
Admitting the program has had a long tortuous history, India's Chief Controller of Research and Development S. Prahlada Tuesday said India had suffered from denial regimes as well as a poor domestic industrial base. But things are different now.
"Around 14 countries like France, Russia, UK, Germany, Singapore, Israel and now the United States are now knocking on our doors for collaboration. Our industrial base, too, has grown," he said.
Citing the "very successful" example of the 290-kilometer BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, developed with Russian collaboration, Prahlada said India could now develop new missile and weapon systems within five years. India, for instance, is already collaborating with France and Russia to develop an 80-kilometer range 'Astra' beyond visual range air-to-air missile to arm its fighter jets.
The virtual 'closure' of IGMDP comes after India declared that the Akash air defence weapon system, with an interception range of25 kilometers to guard 'vulnerable areas' against hostile fighter jets, unmanned aerial vehicles and sub-sonic cruise missiles, was now finally ready, the newspaper said.
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