Agni-5 Missile:
India successfully test-fired its Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile Agni-5 from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Odisha.
- Agni-5 Missile is a nuclear-capable land-based Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) with Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle (MIRV) capability.
- It is developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
- It is one of India’s most advanced long-range missiles, capable of striking targets well beyond 5,000 kilometers
- It is designed with modern navigation, guidance, warhead, and engine technologies and strengthens India’s strategic deterrence capability.
- It is capable of carrying and firing up to three nuclear warheads simultaneously.
- Ballistic Missile is a rocket-propelled, self-guided strategic-weapons system that follows a ballistic trajectory to deliver a payload from its launch site to a predetermined target.
- They are powered initially by a rocket or series of rockets in stages, but then follow an unpowered trajectory that arches upwards before descending to reach its intended target.
- They can carry conventional high explosives as well as chemical, biological, or nuclear munitions.
- They can be launched from aircraft, ships, and submarines, in addition to land-based silos and mobile platforms.
