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Agni-V, India’s 1st Inter-continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) fired successfully from canister

February 1, 2015DefenceOmkar Sawant

India’s first Inter-continental ballistic missile – Agni was fired successfully from the canister. Due to this development, Arm forces will get the operational flexibility to swiftly transport and fire the missile from anywhere they want.

Agni-V

Launching of Agni-V

Agni- V has the range of over 5000km which covers entire China and Asia as well as parts of Europe and Africa.

What is Agni-V?

  1. India’s first Inter-continental ballistic missile
  2. Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

Agni V Missile

Characteristics of Agni

Height 17 metre
Diameter 2 metre
Weight 50 tonne
Warhead 1.5 tonne (nuclear capable)
Range Over 5000km
Speed 24 times speed of sound
Rocket Solid fuel

Other features

  1. Road mobile
  2. Canister launch
  3. Highly accurate inertial navigation system
  4. Built-in redundancies in control system for high-reliability
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