Agni V

Missiles are central to modern warfare, with speed, measured in Mach, defining their capabilities. From stealthy subsonic cruise missiles to lightning-fast hypersonic weapons, each type offers distinct advantages. Understanding these advancements, from propulsion to guidance, is crucial for grasping the evolving landscape of global security and the ongoing race between offensive and defensive technologies.

Ballistic missiles, born from wartime innovation, revolutionized warfare by making distance irrelevant. These rocket-powered weapons, capable of delivering payloads across continents in minutes, evolved into the backbone of modern strategic deterrence. Understanding their history, function, and global proliferation is crucial to grasping today's security environment.

From a young girl captivated by rocket launches in Kerala, Tessy Thomas rose to become India's "Missile Woman." She spearheaded critical Agni missile programmes, including Agni-IV and Agni-V, showcasing immense intellect and determination. Her journey, marked by overcoming challenges and breaking gender barriers in defence research, inspires a nation.

India is getting ready to test its Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in its final operational configuration from Wheeler Island off Odisha. This would be the first test of Agni-V in two years. The test is expected to be carried out December-end or early January.

This is the second test launch of the indigenously developed nuclear capable Agni-V missile which is capable of striking a range of more than 5000 km.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for successfully test-firing indigenously developed intercontinental ballistic missile - Agni-V.

India plans to test its most ambitious strategic missile Agni-V, with near ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) capabilities, this Dec.

The Defense Research and Development Organization is planning its second Agni-V missile test fire next month.

It was the youth power that launched the Agni-V. Young scientists in the 25-35 age group, with indomitable spirit and utter sincerity, worked silently and tirelessly for the success of the mission that propelled India into the exclusive club of Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM).

Agni-V, the 5,000-km version of the nuclear capable missile, is in the final phase of testing and is soon set for launch, a senior DRDO official said today.

Tessy Thomas, project director for Agni IV and a senior scientist behind the launch of Agni V, is already back at work preparing for the Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicles (MIRV) of Agni V that will make a second strike possible.

India's most formidable strategic missile, the over 5,000 km Agni-V, was tested from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast on Saturday morning.

It’s another feather in the cap of Belagavi. The actuators for fin control actuation (for navigation and guidance) used in Agni-V missile has been designed in Belagavi-based Servocontrols.

India on Wednesday evening deferred the first test of its most ambitious nuclear missile, the over 5,000-km range Agni-V, due to bad weather around the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast.

India's first inter-continental ballistic missile, Agni-V, with a 5000-km range, was successfully launched from Hyderabad on Sunday.

Nearly 17 months since the first test firing of the 5,500 kilometre range Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Agni V on April 19, 2012, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and its Missile Complex here are ready for the second test fire.

With India’s 30-year-old dream coming true on Thursday with the test firing of Agni-V missile to proudly enter the exclusive Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) club, defence scientists lost no time in lining up bigger plans.

It was an evening that saw Hyderabadis beaming with pride as the team of Agni V were felicitated.

The Indian defence establishment has been left baffled by a brouhaha being generated in China over the Agni-V when the ballistic missile's first test is likely to take place only in end-2010 or early-2011.

The over 5,000-km Agni-V missile, which will be able to hit even the northernmost part of China, will be test-fired from the Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast on Sunday.

After testing the over 5,000km Agni V missile, DRDO now feels it can fashion deadly anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons in double-quick time.

India's most formidable strategic missile, the over 5,000-km Agni-V, will be tested twice before this year ends to ensure it is ready for full-scale induction in the armed forces towards end-2015.

The Agni-V, which will bring the whole of Asia under its strike envelope, will be tested from Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast towards end-March, sources said.

India has begun final preparations for the first test of its most-ambitious strategic missile, the 5,000-km Agni-V, which will prove to be both a technical as well as logistical challenge.

India successfully test-fired Agni-V from Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast on Sunday.

Scientists on Wednesday evening deferred the maiden test-firing of the nuclear-capable Agni-V missile from a defence range off the Odisha coast.

The solid-fuelled missile, which will bring the whole of China as well as other regions under its strike envelope, was tested from Wheeler Island of Odisha coast.

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which is savouring the successful test-firing of the Agni-V, is now preparing for another test launch of the missile.