After US-Iran strike, India may be developing its own massive bunker busters
According to a report by India Today, the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) is working on an advanced traditional variant of the AGNI-5 intercontinental ballistic missile. Unlike the original nuclear AGNI-5, with an range of 5,000 km, the modified version will carry a large traditional war title of 7,500 kg designed to target intensively reinforced underground shelters.
The new missile is expected to have a range of approximately 2,500 km, but will significantly provide more load and sensitivity. It is developed to neutralize the hardened enemy targets such as command centers, missile silos and other critical infrastructure buried underground in nations such as command centers, missile silos and Pakistan and China, which can penetrate 80 to 100 meters below the surface before the explosion.
The Indian Today reported that two new versions of AGNI-5 have been developed-one of the surface targets is structured for an explosion of air explosion and the other is especially designed for deep world penetration, similar to the US GBU-57. Secondly, it will have a burden of up to eight tons, which makes it one of the most powerful traditional war titles in the world.
Unlike the US, which is based on the large bombardment plane to distribute Bunker-Bunker, India selects a missile-based distribution system. This approach not only reduces costs, but also increases operational flexibility and survival.
In the report, new missiles are expected to reach hypersonic speeds ranging from Mach 8 to Mach 20.
What is Bunker Busters?
Bunker Busters are special missiles or bombs designed to eliminate deeply embedded and intensely reinforced targets such as underground military shelters, command centers, missile silos and weapons storage facilities. The most powerful example of the US army is the 30,000 -pound Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), which recently used against two Iranian nuclear facilities. According to the Pentagon officials, these bombs have been developed using intelligence collected for these sites for more than 15 years.
The US Bunker Busters, made of intense steel and full of high explosives, are equipped with delay insurance that controls when the bomb explodes. A longer insurance allows the gun to be buried deeper before the explosion and maximizes the ability to destroy the goals that are far below the surface.
Comprehensive tests began to refine these bombs. The US forces carried out hundreds of trials in fake underground facilities, and the pressure explosion made a fine -tuned to the explosion timing to pass through tunnels and to effectively destroy the critical equipment hidden under the world.
