India has already carried out several tests of Agni 5 but it was for the first time that the flight test was carried out with MIRV. With this, India joined the elite club of five nations -- the US, Russia, China, France and the UK, to be equipped with MIRV capabilities.
The inclusion of Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology in the Agni-5 missile enhances its effectiveness in delivering multiple warheads to different targets with precision, thereby augmenting India's deterrence capabilities and strengthening national security.
Nuclear-capable Agni-V ballistic missile: India carried out a similar test of the missile in October last year as well.
The missile system, with a strike range of 5,000 km and capable of carrying nuclear warhead, are being inducted into the elite Strategic Forces Command (SFC), official sources said.
Here is all you need to know about India's indigenous nuclear capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile Agni-5
Chandigarh, Jan 15: Agni-V, the 5,000-km version of the nuclear capable missile, is in the final phase of testing and is soon set for launch, a senior DRDO official said here today.“Agni-V is in the
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