Can carry more than one nuclear weapon
New Delhi, (Language) India has successfully test-fired an advanced Agni missile which is capable of simultaneously attacking different targets with multiple payloads.
With this, India has joined the ranks of the few powerful countries which possess such advanced strategic missile technology. According to the Ministry of Defense, ‘Multiple Independently Targeted Re-entry Vehicles‘(The missile equipped with MIRV) system was test-fired from APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha on Friday.
The MIRV feature enables a single missile to simultaneously attack different targets with multiple warheads. However, the ministry said that the advanced Agni missile equipped with MIRV technology was flight tested., But official sources said that this fire-5 There was a missile and this test ‘Mission Divyastra‘ Under this, MIRV technology was investigated. fire-5 The missile was first tested with the MIRV system in March last year.
Defense Ministry said, “India successfully flight-tested the advanced Agni missile equipped with MIRV system from APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha on May 8. The Defense Ministry said that many of the missiles ‘payload‘ tested with, In which various targets spread over a large geographical area of the Indian Ocean were targeted.
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) on the successful test of the missile., Congratulated the Indian Army and related industry partners. He said that this will provide unprecedented strength to the country’s defense preparedness in view of the increasing threat.
The ministry said in a statement”With this successful test, India has once again demonstrated the ability to hit multiple strategic targets using a single missile system.” This missile has been developed by DRDO laboratories in collaboration with industries. According to the ministry, Senior DRDO scientists and Indian Army personnel were present during the test.
fire-5 missile firepower 5,000 It is up to kilometres. fire 1 From 4 missile firepower 700 by kilometer 3,500 kilometers and have already been deployed. april 2024 In, India under its ambitious ballistic missile defense program, The first successful test of an endo-atmospheric interceptor missile was conducted from a ship off the Odisha coast in the Bay of Bengal.
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