NEW DELHI: India efficiently examined the new-generation nuclear succesful Agni-Prime ballistic missile, which has a strike vary from 1,000 to 2,000-km, from the Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha on Wednesday night time.
It was the Agni-Prime’s second “pre-induction night time trial” carried out by the tri-service Strategic Forces Command (SFC) together with the DRDO at round 7 pm.“The take a look at met all of the trial goals validating its dependable efficiency, as confirmed from the info captured by a lot of vary sensors deployed at totally different areas, together with two downrange ships positioned on the terminal level,” the defence ministry stated.
The launch was witnessed by chief of defence workers Normal Anil Chauhan, SFC chief vice admiral Suraj Berry and different senior officers from the armed forces and DRDO. “The profitable growth and induction of the missile can be a wonderful power multiplier for the armed forces,” defence minister Rajnath Singh stated, congratulating the DRDO, SFC and armed forces for the profitable take a look at.
The newest Agni-Prime take a look at comes after the flight-trial of the over 5,000-km vary Agni-5 intercontinental ballistic missile with a number of warheads (MIRVs or a number of independently targetable re-entry autos) for the primary time on March 11.
The stable propellant fuelled Agni-Prime, the smallest and lightest among the many complete Agni sequence of ballistic missiles, will additional bolster the nation’s strategic deterrence capabilities as soon as it’s inducted after a couple of extra exams.
Agni-Prime incorporates new propulsion techniques and composite rocket motor casings in addition to superior navigation and steerage techniques. Considerably, it’s also a canister-launch system like Agni-V, which is now being inducted by the SFC, as reported by TOI earlier.
A canister-launch missile — with the warhead already mated with the missile — provides the armed forces the requisite operational flexibility to retailer it for lengthy durations, swiftly transport it by rail or street when required, and hearth it from wherever they need.
The Agni-Prime will progressively exchange the Agni-I (700-km) missiles within the arsenal of SFC, which additionally has the Prithvi-2 (350-km), Agni-2 (2,000-km), Agni-3 (3,000-km) and Agni-5 ballistic missiles.
As of now, all of the Agni sequence of missiles inducted by the SFC carry solely a single warhead. The current flight-test of the three-stage Agni-5 with MIRVs, consequently, represents a giant leap ahead in strategic deterrence for India.
A MIRV payload mainly means a single missile carrying a number of nuclear warheads, every programmed to be launched at totally different speeds with totally different trajectories to hit totally different targets that may be lots of of kilometers aside.
DRDO has been working for a number of years on MIRVs and “manoeuvering warheads or clever re-entry autos” for the Agni missiles to defeat enemy ballistic missile defence techniques and guarantee efficient retaliation to a first-strike by an adversary.
It was the Agni-Prime’s second “pre-induction night time trial” carried out by the tri-service Strategic Forces Command (SFC) together with the DRDO at round 7 pm.“The take a look at met all of the trial goals validating its dependable efficiency, as confirmed from the info captured by a lot of vary sensors deployed at totally different areas, together with two downrange ships positioned on the terminal level,” the defence ministry stated.
The launch was witnessed by chief of defence workers Normal Anil Chauhan, SFC chief vice admiral Suraj Berry and different senior officers from the armed forces and DRDO. “The profitable growth and induction of the missile can be a wonderful power multiplier for the armed forces,” defence minister Rajnath Singh stated, congratulating the DRDO, SFC and armed forces for the profitable take a look at.
The newest Agni-Prime take a look at comes after the flight-trial of the over 5,000-km vary Agni-5 intercontinental ballistic missile with a number of warheads (MIRVs or a number of independently targetable re-entry autos) for the primary time on March 11.
The stable propellant fuelled Agni-Prime, the smallest and lightest among the many complete Agni sequence of ballistic missiles, will additional bolster the nation’s strategic deterrence capabilities as soon as it’s inducted after a couple of extra exams.
Agni-Prime incorporates new propulsion techniques and composite rocket motor casings in addition to superior navigation and steerage techniques. Considerably, it’s also a canister-launch system like Agni-V, which is now being inducted by the SFC, as reported by TOI earlier.
A canister-launch missile — with the warhead already mated with the missile — provides the armed forces the requisite operational flexibility to retailer it for lengthy durations, swiftly transport it by rail or street when required, and hearth it from wherever they need.
The Agni-Prime will progressively exchange the Agni-I (700-km) missiles within the arsenal of SFC, which additionally has the Prithvi-2 (350-km), Agni-2 (2,000-km), Agni-3 (3,000-km) and Agni-5 ballistic missiles.
As of now, all of the Agni sequence of missiles inducted by the SFC carry solely a single warhead. The current flight-test of the three-stage Agni-5 with MIRVs, consequently, represents a giant leap ahead in strategic deterrence for India.
A MIRV payload mainly means a single missile carrying a number of nuclear warheads, every programmed to be launched at totally different speeds with totally different trajectories to hit totally different targets that may be lots of of kilometers aside.
DRDO has been working for a number of years on MIRVs and “manoeuvering warheads or clever re-entry autos” for the Agni missiles to defeat enemy ballistic missile defence techniques and guarantee efficient retaliation to a first-strike by an adversary.
