One serious issue is the destruction of solid fuel missiles, which are very dangerous to dismantle.

The intermediate-range Agni, a two stage, solid fuel missile, has been in production, but its capacity is not established.

Another document discusses the production of a solid fuel missile prototype completed in Lavizan.

"They have a crude radar-based targetacquisition system, and they are armed with active- homing solid fuel missiles."

The two-stage solid fuel missile is compact and small enough for easy mobility and flexible deployment on various surface/sub-surface platforms.

Using two or more interceptors per target, or countering solid fueled missiles, would require many more orbital launchers.

Reportedly, DRDO is in the process of developing a submarine-launched solid fuel missile with a maximum range of 6,000 kilometers and a payload of one tonne.

With an almost lazy climb the solid fuel missile, grapple irons extending as it left the short barrel, reached its zenith and fell back with a clang, hooking on to the deck railing.

In 1987, the Integrated Missile Research and Development Programme was started by MoD and 1993, the work on solid fuel missile development was started under Samar Mubarakmad.

Under the START II Treaty, which never had and most likely will never have a binding effect, Russia would have been able to place 90 single-warhead solid fuel missiles in reequipped R-36 silos.

When the Nadiradize design bureau, specialising in solid fuel missiles, ran into trouble with its SS-13, the Chelomei bureau, despite its maritime orientation, was able to redirect the SS-11 programme to the anti-Minuteman counterforce role.

Mr. Singh said that he believed North Korea was helping Pakistan with technology, fuel and long-range missiles, and that Pakistan had also received M-11 solid fuel missiles from China, along with technology and components.