India test fires Agni V ballistic missile off Odisha coast fourth and final time, strike range over 6,000 kms
India is set to test indigenous developed intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic missile ‘Agni-5’ from the Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast today.
Defence Research and Development Organisation sources said, range co-ordination has reached its final stage for the fourth test of Agni-5 missile.
The indigenous-developed surface-to-surface missile, Agni-5, is capable of striking a target more than 5,000 km. It is about 17-metre long, 2-metre wide and has launch weight of around 50 tonnes. The missile can carry a nuclear warhead of
more than one tonne.
Powering the Agni-1P will be the cutting-edge technologies developed for the Agni-4 and Agni-5 missiles, which the Defence R&D Organisation claims matches those in intermediate range ballistic missile anywhere. These advanced technologies will replace the technologies of the 1990s that powered the Prithvi and the early Agni missiles.
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