Ping
Crap,
Just where to shoot this sucker off?
Pakistan?
Afganistan?
China?
Or shoot it into some craphole within our own country?
I say hit the Chi-coms.
From an older post:
Surya
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/india/missile/surya.htm
At least one source has reported that a 12,000-km range, 80,000-kg weight ballistic missile, designated Surya, is also under development, but no confirmatory reports of such activity have as yet been discovered. (1)
The status of the Surya [Sun] ICBM program is extremely unclear, with some report indicating that the development of this system was initiated in 1994. Conflicting reports regarding the Surya’s configuration claim that it will be based on the components of the polar space launch vehicle (PSLV) and the Agni IRBM, and that it will have a range between 8000 and 12,000 kms. (2)
Sources and Resources
1. The Nonproliferation Review, Winter 95, p. 160.
2 Chapter 4 From India to North Africa: Sowing A Missile Crop Exploring U.S. Missile Defense Requirements in 2010: What Are the Policy and Technology Challenges? Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis April 1997
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Given how India’s nuclear tests were known to the world an afternoon after it took place, and that too, through the Indian prime minister’s announcement, it wouldn’t be too surprising if the missile described above is already in India’s possession.