Ballistic Glide Re Entry Vehicle (BGRV) and Indian Missile Program

Ballistic Glide Re-entry Vehicle (BGRV) and Indian Missile Program
-Arun S Vishwakarma
Arun S Vishwakarma, Email: Arun_S1971@gmail.com
5 Feb 2011
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Agenda
What is BGRV Why BGRV Indian Context Shourya Agni missile family Summary
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What is BGRV?
Re-entry vehicle
Protects payload from extremes of temperature and deceleration experienced when spacecraft re-enter plants atmosphere Spacecrafts use thick blunt nose RV
generate separating shockwave to keep away heated gas Loses most energy at higher altitude, slow terminal velocity
SRE (PSLV)
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Missile RV
Mk-6 RV
Missiles use RV with sharp nose

High ballistic coefficient (low drag) Loses most energy at lower altitude, high terminal velocity Experiences much higher temperature and deceleration shock Most missiles RVs are Ballistic RV that fall down like stones purely driven by aero-dynamic forces and material ablation RVs with small blunt nose made of ablative material generate separating shockwave to keep away heated gas Most missiles use dumb RV Missile accuracy depend on precision of launcher and ability of passive RV to retain shape and structure MIRV bus gives precise velocity to RV
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Drawbacks of dumb RV
Accuracy
Depends on RV behaving consistently, accurate weather estimate Missiles ability to impart correct final velocity at point in space when RV is detached
Warhead
To compensate for accuracy require bigger high yield warhead
Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Nemesis

BM Predictable ballistic path in space and through atmosphere Ballistic flight means high apogee altitude, radars can detect & track from great distance, giving vital time space for ABM system Ablation leaves plasma ionic trail with large radar cross section/signature Thermal signature
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What is MBRV?
Maneuvering Ballistic RV (MBRV) is different from Ballistic Glide Reentry Vehicle (BGRV) Accuracy Augmentation
Pitch and Cross range correction Accurate to few meters Radar scene correlation
ABM
Upto 100 G maneuver
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What is BGRV?
Ballistic Glide Re-entry Vehicle
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Agnis Mk-II MARV/BGRV
Indian composite BGRV Missile (K-15)
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BGRV
Shourya/Sagarika (K15): Hypersonic BGRV Missile

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BGRV
Aerodynamics
Long, high aspect ratio body Slight angle of attack to generate lift. Control surfaces: fins | paddles | small gas thrusters
Flight
On board flight control and navigation: Hi Accuracy ~ 25 G maneuvering Porpoise maneuver in pitch axis S shape maneuver in azimuth plane Rolling to spread heat and reduce thermal shielding
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BGRV
Stealth and ABM resistant
Non-predictive flight trajectory ~ 25 G maneuvering Rolling spreads heat
Reduce thermal signature Reduced plasma RF RCS signature
Glides below Long Range Radar horizon Flies below space based sensors altitude threshold Small, light warhead
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Why BGRV?
Accuracy
Small, light warhead (Low / medium yield) against hardened or counter value targets
Evade ABM defenses

Reduced arsenal footprint, cost and security
Increase cost of ABM

Differential deterrence Threatening to low tech adversaries (E.g TSP) Stabilized deterrence to N3 (China, Russia, USA)
NATO study from literature
Urban target (Pg 180) Reference:
Wings of Fire : APJ Kalam Weapons Of peace: Raj Changappa Lightening Bolt: William Yeangst 05 Feb, 2011
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BGRV : Indian context

Low yield warhead Accuracy for 90% target destruction Assures destruction of counter value targets Cross range targeting of missile silos on far side of mountain slope ABM hardened Small missile force does job of large qty Multi-application platform
Shourya/ Sagarika Agni-II, II+ Agni-III, V, MIRV
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Shourya
BGRV Booster lifts BGRV to 5 Km Main stage imparts kinetic energy for cruise at 40 km altitude
Evade space sensor and ground radar
Main stage stays attached to BGRV

Small Radar RCS
Fins for hypersonic cruise flight
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Shourya flight types
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Shourya flight types

Shourya/Sagarika : Hypersonic BGRV Missile
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MBRV
Maneuvering Ballistic RV:
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Pitch
CrossRange
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BGRV foot print

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What is BGRV?
S Curve on Azimuth plane
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BGRV Re-entry
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US MRV
MRV Mk4A
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Pershing-II MARV
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Pershing-II MARV
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Agni MRV/BGRV
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Agni MRV/BGRV
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Agni missile series

RV Mk1, Mk-II finned and no-fin
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Chinese / Paki - M11

Ballistic Glide Re-entry Vehicle
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Russian Topol-M
Porpoise (skipping) trajectory
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Development timeline
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Performance
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Indian precursor of BGRV
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Reference
DRDO, Technical Publications Lightning Bolts, First Maneuvering Reentry Vehicles by William Yengst ISBN # 978-1-61566-547-1 Indian Defense Review, Lancer Publication Wikipedia
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Backup & Reference material
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Reading Material
22 October 2005
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Reading Material
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Reading Material
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Ballistic Glide Re-entry Vehicle (BGRV) and Indian Missile Program

Arun S Vishwakarma, Email: Arun_S1971@gmail.com

Bharat Pratham and India Research Foundation

Arun S Vishwakarma, Email: Arun_S1971@gmail.com

Bharat Pratham and India Research Foundation

Arun S Vishwakarma, Email: Arun_S1971@gmail.com

Bharat Pratham and India Research Foundation

Missiles use RV with sharp nose

Arun S Vishwakarma, Email: Arun_S1971@gmail.com

Bharat Pratham and India Research Foundation

Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Nemesis

Bharat Pratham and India Research Foundation

Lightning Bolts, First Maneuvering Reentry Vehicles by William Yengst

Arun S Vishwakarma, Email: Arun_S1971@gmail.com

Bharat Pratham and India Research Foundation

Lightning Bolts, First Maneuvering Reentry Vehicles by William Yengst

Agnis Mk-II MARV/BGRV

Indian composite BGRV Missile (K-15)

Arun S Vishwakarma, Email: Arun_S1971@gmail.com

Bharat Pratham and India Research Foundation

Shourya/Sagarika (K15): Hypersonic BGRV Missile

Bharat Pratham and India Research Foundation

Arun S Vishwakarma, Email: Arun_S1971@gmail.com

Bharat Pratham and India Research Foundation

Arun S Vishwakarma, Email: Arun_S1971@gmail.com

Bharat Pratham and India Research Foundation

Evade ABM defenses

Increase cost of ABM

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BGRV : Indian context

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Main stage stays attached to BGRV

Fins for hypersonic cruise flight

Arun S Vishwakarma, Email: Arun_S1971@gmail.com

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Shourya flight types

Arun S Vishwakarma, Email: Arun_S1971@gmail.com

Bharat Pratham and India Research Foundation

Shourya flight types

Arun S Vishwakarma, Email: Arun_S1971@gmail.com

Arun S Vishwakarma, Email: Arun_S1971@gmail.com

Arun S Vishwakarma, Email: Arun_S1971@gmail.com

Bharat Pratham and India Research Foundation

BGRV foot print

Arun S Vishwakarma, Email: Arun_S1971@gmail.com

Bharat Pratham and India Research Foundation

Lightning Bolts, First Maneuvering Reentry Vehicles by William Yengst

Arun S Vishwakarma, Email: Arun_S1971@gmail.com

Bharat Pratham and India Research Foundation

Lightning Bolts, First Maneuvering Reentry Vehicles by William Yengst

Arun S Vishwakarma, Email: Arun_S1971@gmail.com

Bharat Pratham and India Research Foundation

Arun S Vishwakarma, Email: Arun_S1971@gmail.com

Bharat Pratham and India Research Foundation

Lightning Bolts, First Maneuvering Reentry Vehicles by William Yengst

Arun S Vishwakarma, Email: Arun_S1971@gmail.com

Bharat Pratham and India Research Foundation

Arun S Vishwakarma, Email: Arun_S1971@gmail.com

Bharat Pratham and India Research Foundation

Arun S Vishwakarma, Email: Arun_S1971@gmail.com

Bharat Pratham and India Research Foundation

Arun S Vishwakarma, Email: Arun_S1971@gmail.com

Bharat Pratham and India Research Foundation