Talk:Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme

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Comments from peer review

This article looks quite comprehensive, but it is going to need both more citations and a very thorough copyediting before it passes FA (or GA, for that matter). One citation per paragraph is a good rule if you're aiming for GA status; you may also want to see whether there are any books on the subject, as it seems like you mostly have internet references (although some very impressive ones). You may want to have a native English speaker look the article over, as there are a lot of odd points of phrasing. Here are some copyediting points (not a comprehensive list):

1. "IGMDP or Integrated Guided Missile Development Program was initiated by India for developing a range of Missiles" Don't start with an abbreviation. Much better to say, for example, "The Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (IGMDP) is an Indian program for the development of a comprehensive range of missiles." Note that "missiles" should be lowercase.
2. "The Current President OF India,A.P.J.Abdul Kalam is considered the person responsible for the success of IGMDP so much so that he is called "The Missile Man Of India".Too many capitals, and awkward phrasing. It could read "Many commentators consider A.P.J. Kalam, the current president of India, to be the person most responsible for the success of the program. (?) called him "the missile man of India."" As you'll see, you'll need to say who called him that.
3. "During the fight against the British Troops, Tipu Sultan's Army, used a number of improvised weapons which included rockets to thwart the British invasion." The second comma is not needed. There are quite a few other superfluous commas in the article.
4. "In 1970s Indian government decided to manufacture the anti-tank missiles under license from France," This should read "In the 1970s the Indian government decided to manufacture anti-tank missiles...". Be careful where you put your "the"s.
5. "However, by this time, DRDL developed the infrastructure and facilities to undertake the design and development of missiles" Should read "DRDL had developed..."

I hope this is helpful. Best of luck with the article. MLilburne 13:16, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

• I hope you don't mind difficult suggestions. First, you ought to be clear about the subject of the article (thinking about its categories should help). It looks like IGMDP is the umbrella for all indigenous missile development since the 1980s. So is the article about the government program, or modern Indian missiles? And Tipu Sultan?? The content looks to me like it should be placed as the lead article in Category:Guided missiles of India - so why not call it Guided missiles of India? If you choose to stay with IGMDP then I think the text needs quite a bit more about the program and its politics. (There's a bad US program example at DD(X).) Best of luck! Mereda 16:59, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Lead section

Is the lead section o.k. I am going to add the following as the lead section.

India started the IGMDP (Integrated Guided Missile Development Program) for developing a range of missiles like the short range Prithvi ballistic missile, intermediate range Agni ballistic missile, surface to air Akash, Trishul missiles and the anti tank Nag missile. The Prithvi and Agni missiles are already deployed and Agni-III missile is under development. Also an Air to Air missile, with beyond visual range capability called Astra is being developed. People of India affectionately call A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, the President of India as "The Missile Man Of India" for his contribution to the program.

Chanakyathegreat 17:05, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Time to split this article

Time to spilt this article up into individual articles for each missile? 145.253.108.22 11:47, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree with that idea. Apart from being able to expand upon the individual missiles themselves, it would also help to put each missile in their respective categories. for eg, I cannot find the Nag missile in the antitank missile category at all. Also, it would help improve readability of the IGMDP main article by itself. Cheers. Sniperz11 00:49, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Some Suggestions

Some Suggestions on my Part:

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"During the fight against the British Troops, Tipu Sultan's Army, used a number 
 of improvised weapons which included rockets to thwart the British invasion."

I believe that this would be wrong to say so. for the time, Tipus rockets were extremely well developed and the cutting edge of 'missile' technology of those times. so while by today's standards, they would be improvised, in those days, they were mass produced after strenuous research, and can't be called improvised.

Another reason to refute this would be the fact that they were well integrated into the Army and the battle Tactics. Tipu sultan used had 27 regiments of these rocketeers called 'Jourks'. (about 6000 men).

2. The IGMDP encompasses only 5 missile systems: Prithvi, Agni, Akash, Nag, and Trishul. Astra, AXO, Surya and others do not and never were part of the IGMDP, for which 389 crores was allotted in 1986. However, these could be classified as part of a new article "Indian Missile Systems" or "Guided missiles of India" which would include all these, with links to the individual missile pages as well. That would, IMO be much better than now.

Cheers. Sniperz11 01:11, 30 March 2007 (UTC)