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Another trial of nuke-tipped Agni V next month - The New Indian Express


India is readying for the second developmental trial of 5,000-km range nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-V which put the country in the elite club of six nations including the US, the UK, China, France and Russia, having intercontinental ballistic missile capabilities.

Defence sources on Tuesday said the missile, considered as a “game-changer”, had been planned to be test-fired from the Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast any time in the third week of May. A successful launch of the missile would be another step forward towards its induction in the armed forces, possibly in 2015, though it has to undergo two more trials in the next couple of years.

The missile was first tested successfully on April 19 last year. While the preparation for the second test has already begun, officials are busy fixing the schedule and logistic issues since the missile has to traverse across the Indian Ocean. “Though the Union Cabinet has already given a go-ahead for the mission, the exact date of firing has not been fixed yet,” said a source. As the missile has the striking capabilities close to intercontinental range, prior to the test, an official said, India will have to alert a number of countries including Indonesia and Australia along with the international air and maritime traffic within the test zone.

Sources said a group of scientists associated with Agni-V missile would arrive here on Saturday to oversee the launch preparation. The DRDO is contemplating to conduct the trial by the end of next month as its chief and Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister V K Saraswat, who was instrumental in the success of missiles like Prithvi, Interceptors and even Agni-V, is retiring on May 31. The officials are also awaiting a warship from the Indian Navy to place the Israeli radar acquired recently.

The surface-to-surface canister-launched missile, which can carry a payload of 1.5 tonne, is 17-metre long, 2- metre wide and weighs around 50 tonnes. Initially tested for a single warhead, Agni-V would also feature Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicles (MIRVs) with each missile being capable of carrying two to 10 separate nuclear warheads. “Each warhead can be assigned to a different target, hundreds of kilometres from each other and two or more warheads can be assigned to one target. This technology is under development,” said the official.
 
Another trial of nuke-tipped Agni V next month - The New Indian Express


India is readying for the second developmental trial of 5,000-km range nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-V which put the country in the elite club of six nations including the US, the UK, China, France and Russia, having intercontinental ballistic missile capabilities.

Defence sources on Tuesday said the missile, considered as a “game-changer”, had been planned to be test-fired from the Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast any time in the third week of May. A successful launch of the missile would be another step forward towards its induction in the armed forces, possibly in 2015, though it has to undergo two more trials in the next couple of years.

The missile was first tested successfully on April 19 last year. While the preparation for the second test has already begun, officials are busy fixing the schedule and logistic issues since the missile has to traverse across the Indian Ocean. “Though the Union Cabinet has already given a go-ahead for the mission, the exact date of firing has not been fixed yet,” said a source. As the missile has the striking capabilities close to intercontinental range, prior to the test, an official said, India will have to alert a number of countries including Indonesia and Australia along with the international air and maritime traffic within the test zone.

Sources said a group of scientists associated with Agni-V missile would arrive here on Saturday to oversee the launch preparation. The DRDO is contemplating to conduct the trial by the end of next month as its chief and Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister V K Saraswat, who was instrumental in the success of missiles like Prithvi, Interceptors and even Agni-V, is retiring on May 31. The officials are also awaiting a warship from the Indian Navy to place the Israeli radar acquired recently.

The surface-to-surface canister-launched missile, which can carry a payload of 1.5 tonne, is 17-metre long, 2- metre wide and weighs around 50 tonnes. Initially tested for a single warhead, Agni-V would also feature Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicles (MIRVs) with each missile being capable of carrying two to 10 separate nuclear warheads. “Each warhead can be assigned to a different target, hundreds of kilometres from each other and two or more warheads can be assigned to one target. This technology is under development,” said the official.
@Safriz:It looks like A-5 will have MIRV not MRV as pointed out by you.
 
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A5 was always gonna have MIRVs. First test was to validate the generic navigational features and other software logic. Now it is time to test the MIRVs.

Good Luck DRDO !

But they did not mention that they gonna test MIRV this time..... I dont think they will do MIRV on the second test. May be after few successful tests with single warhead design....
 
I wish this time it's canister launched at least MIRV can be tested later.
 
I'm Praying

The missiles should loss it navigation path and changing it's navigation to ladakh where Chinese post tent
 
But they did not mention that they gonna test MIRV this time..... I dont think they will do MIRV on the second test. May be after few successful tests with single warhead design....

Well nobody knows from which test onwards they are targeting a MIRV config but it would be unwise strategically if we test another missile. We can let the opponents play with the nicks ..meanwhile we can have agni V (mk-I/II/IIIs etc ) only with MIRV and Increase in range in subsequent designs.. !
 
@Safriz:It looks like A-5 will have MIRV not MRV as pointed out by you.

Eventually yes.But for now the report says

This technology is under development,” said the official.

It also says

Each warhead can be assigned to a different target, hundreds of kilometres from each other and two or more warheads can be assigned to one target

That means both MIRV and MRV both are being developed.
 
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Eventually yes.But for now the report says



It also says



That means both MIRV and MRV both are being developed.
Or is that means you don't need to develope MRV when you are going to develope MIRV.I mean you can program RV to strike at same location in MIRV also.
 
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