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18 January 2018
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| Agni-V ballistic missile (The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions) |
India
on Thursday successfully test fired its indigenously developed intercontinental
surface-to-surface nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-V -- the most potent
and with the longest range in the Agni series - that can reach targets as far
as Beijing.The Total Investment &
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The test took place at the Abdul Kalam Island
facility off the Odisha coast. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tweeted
about its success, congratulating its makers DRDO, the armed forces and the
defence industry.
She said the successful test of the 5,000-km-range
missile that can carry a one-tonne warhead, was "a major boost to the
defence capabilities of our country".
"The Made in India canistered missile,
having three stages of propulsion, was successfully test fired," she
tweeted. The Total Investment &
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Developed by the Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO), the Agni-V is the most advanced version of the
Agni series, part of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme that
started in the 1960s.
The missile was earlier tested successfully
in 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016.
This was the fifth test of the missile and
likely to be its first user trial, though there was no official word on it. The Total Investment & Insurance
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Thursday's test brings the missile closer to
its induction in the tri-service Strategic Forces Command. The Total Investment & Insurance
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The missile has a much longer shelf life,
with its container being made of special steel that absorbs the blast of the
takeoff.
In the canisterised launch, a gas generator
inside ejects the missile up to a height of about 30 metres. A motor is then
ignited to fire the missile.
With this missile, India joins the
super-exclusive club of ICBM (missiles with a range of over 5,000-5,500 km)
capable countries of the US, Russia, the UK, France and China.The Total Investment & Insurance
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