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INDIA - DEFENCE - Agni-V MIssiles |
Date-wise Events |
- April 19, 2012: India
successfully tested Agni V, thereby joining the ICBM club
comprising USA, Russia, China, France & U.K. India heralded
a new era by testing its most ambitious nuclear missile –
the over 5,000 km range Agni-V. India also opened the door
to the super-exclusive ICBM (intercontinental ballistic
missile) club that counts only the US, Russia, China, France
and the UK as its members.
- September 15, 2013:
The second test launch of Agni-V was successfully done on
this day. It was launched from a mobile launcher.
- January 31, 2015: Third
successful launch of Agni-V conducted successfully. India on
this day successfully test-fired its indigenously developed,
intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable
ballistic missile ‘Agni-5’, which has a strike range of over
5,000 km and can carry a nuclear warhead of over one tonne.
- December 26, 2016: India
today successfully test-fired its home-grown long range
intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable
ballistic missile Agni-5.
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Description |
- Agni-V is a solid fueled intercontinental ballistic
missile (ICBM).
- It will greatly expand India's reach to strike
targets more than 5,500 km away.
- It has been designed with the addition of a third
composite stage to the two-stage Agni-III missile.
- ‘Agni-5’ is the most advanced having new technologies
incorporated with it in terms of navigation and guidance,
warhead and engine. The missile can hit most northern parts
of China and other parts of Asia, Europe and Africa.
- Once this missile is inducted in Services, India will
join the super exclusive club of countries with
Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles ICBMs alongside the US,
Russia, China, France and the UK.
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Other |
Missile
Payload (kg)
Range (km)
Agni-I
1,000
700–1,250
Agni-II
750–1,000
2,000–3,500
Agni-III
2,000–2,500
3,500–5,000
Agni-IV
800–1,000
3,000–4,000
Agni-V
1,500 (3–10 MIRV) 5,500–5,800
Agni-VI
1,000 (10 MIRV)
8,000-10,000
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