Agni 5 Successfully Test fired for second time

[GORKHALI]

Just saw in India TV and heard in DD news, Agni V test fired successfully and its now officially classified as ICBM.

 

[GORKHALI]

More Update as Per DRDO chief Avinash Chander .Launch of agni 5 is fully successful.

 

[GORKHALI]

TNN | Sep 15, 2013, 08.58AM IST
NEW DELHI: India on Sunday successfully
test launched over 5,000-km Agni-V missile,
which will be able to hit even the
northernmost part of China, from the
Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast.
This is the second test launch of the long
range missile. The first test was conducted on
April 19, 2012.
Once the 17.5-metre tall Agni-V becomes fully
operational, India will fully break into the
super-exclusive ICBM (intercontinental
ballistic missile) club of the US, Russia, China,
France and the UK that wield such missiles.
An ICBM is a missile that typically has a
range over 5,500-km. Though DRDO scientists
are confident of developing a missile with a
higher strike range, the government has
assessed that the solid-fuelled Agni-V is
enough to meet existing threat
perceptions''because only credible strategic
deterrence'' is required against Beijing.
China, of course, has a formidable missile
arsenal. Its road-mobile DF-31A missile, for
instance, can hit targets 11,200-km away,
bringing all major Indian cities under its
strike envelope. China also has the JL-2
submarine-launched missile with a 7,400-km
range. The two-stage Agni-IV, with a 3,500-
km strike, in turn, will be ready for induction
by 2014-2015. The missile is similar to Agni-V
in terms of accuracy and kill efficiencies.
The armed forces have already inducted the
Pakistan-specific Agni-I (700-km) and Agni-II
(over 2,000-km) as well as the 3,000-km Agni-
III. As reported by TOI earlier, defence
scientists are also working on maneuvering
warheads or 're-entry vehicles' to defeat
enemy ballistic missile defence systems as
well as MIRVs (multiple independently
targetable re-entry vehicles) for the Agni
missiles. An MIRV payload implies a single
missile carrying several nuclear warheads,
each programmed to hit different targets.
Agni-V missile successfully test launched from Wheeler Island off Odisha coast - TOI Mobile | The Times of India Mobile Site

 

[The_Sidewinder]

TNN | Sep 15, 2013, 08.58AM IST
NEW DELHI: India on Sunday successfully
test launched over 5,000-km Agni-V missile,
which will be able to hit even the
northernmost part of China, from the
Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast.
This is the second test launch of the long
range missile. The first test was conducted on
April 19, 2012.
Once the 17.5-metre tall Agni-V becomes fully
operational, India will fully break into the
super-exclusive ICBM (intercontinental
ballistic missile) club of the US, Russia, China,
France and the UK that wield such missiles.
An ICBM is a missile that typically has a
range over 5,500-km. Though DRDO scientists
are confident of developing a missile with a
higher strike range, the government has
assessed that the solid-fuelled Agni-V is
enough to meet existing threat
perceptions''because only credible strategic
deterrence'' is required against Beijing.
China, of course, has a formidable missile
arsenal. Its road-mobile DF-31A missile, for
instance, can hit targets 11,200-km away,
bringing all major Indian cities under its
strike envelope. China also has the JL-2
submarine-launched missile with a 7,400-km
range. The two-stage Agni-IV, with a 3,500-
km strike, in turn, will be ready for induction
by 2014-2015. The missile is similar to Agni-V
in terms of accuracy and kill efficiencies.
The armed forces have already inducted the
Pakistan-specific Agni-I (700-km) and Agni-II
(over 2,000-km) as well as the 3,000-km Agni-
III. As reported by TOI earlier, defence
scientists are also working on maneuvering
warheads or 're-entry vehicles' to defeat
enemy ballistic missile defence systems as
well as MIRVs (multiple independently
targetable re-entry vehicles) for the Agni
missiles. An MIRV payload implies a single
missile carrying several nuclear warheads,
each programmed to hit different targets.
Agni-V missile successfully test launched from Wheeler Island off Odisha coast - TOI Mobile | The Times of India Mobile Site

Congratulations to DRDO. Congratulations to everyone involved In the project.

 

[kurup]

Congratulations to DRDO and all Indians ......

 

[shiv]

Subah ka time hai .. thoda thoda hi peena sab log

 

[Hulk]

This a major transition for DRDO, to prove that they can have successful launch of a new missiles of longer range. They have done this twice now, which means that they have reached at a point where they can deliver with confidence. Congrats DRDO, we have still a long way to go and learning has no ending. We are getting better at security and creating credible deterrence for possible threats.

 

[kaykay]

Agni-V missile successfully test launched from Wheeler Island off Odisha coast - The Times of India

 

[Sher.Khan]

congrats DRDO ,all its engineers & scientists involved in this project,you gave us proud moments...hoping for faster induction of these formidable beasts,hoping same output for the canister launch trials

 

[JohnyBoy]

Subah ka time hai .. thoda thoda hi peena sab log

Congratulations DRDO....

Aur Bhai... Kal Raat ko bahut saari pee rakhi thi... tum mera share pee lena...

 

[The_Sidewinder]

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@WebMaster
please marge the threads.