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'Mission Divyastra': India Successfully Conducts First Flight Test Of Agni-5 Missile With MIRV technology
Kuldeep Negi
Mar 11, 2024, 06:18 PM | Updated 06:20 PM IST
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India has successfully conducted the first flight test of the Agni-V missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology.
The announcement was made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media platform X on Monday (11 March).
"Proud of our DRDO scientists for Mission Divyastra, the first flight test of indigenously developed Agni-5 missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology," PM Modi said in a post on X.
The MIRV technology would ensure that a single missile can deploy multiple warheads at different locations.
With the test of Mission Divyastra, India has joined the select group of nations that have MIRV capability.
This system is equipped with indigenous Avionics systems and high-accuracy sensor packages, which ensure that the re-entry vehicles reach the target points within the desired accuracy.
Agni-V (Fire) is a land based nuclear capable intercontinental ballistic missile ICBM developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and has a range of over 5,000 km.
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Kuldeep is Senior Editor (Newsroom) at Swarajya. He tweets at @kaydnegi.
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