Agni-V, India's first ICBM test-fired successfully

[Renny]

Agni-V, India's first ICBM test-fired successfully

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday test-fired for the first time its most-ambitious strategic missile, the over 5,000-km range Agni-V, in a bid to join the super exclusive ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) club that counts just US, Russia,China, France and UK as its members.

The solid-fuelled Agni-V, which will bring the whole of China as well as other regions under its strike envelope, was tested from Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast at 8.07 am.

''We have met all our mission objectives,'' said a jubilant DRD0 chief controller of missiles, Avinash Chander.

DRD0 chief V K Saraswat, in turn, said India had emerged as a major missile power with Thursday's test.

The nuclear-capable, three-stage Agni-V, about 50-tonne in weight and 17.5-metre tall, will become fully operational by 2014-2015 after "four to five repeatable tests" and user trials.

India could have gone for a higher strike range but believes the solid-fuelled Agni-V is "more than adequate'' to meet current threat perceptions and security concerns. The missile can, after all, even hit the northernmost parts of China.

India, of course, cannot match China in terms of its vast nuclear and missile arsenals. But missiles like Agni-V and the 3,500-km Agni-IV, tested last November, will certainly add teeth to its credible minimum nuclear deterrence posture.

With a canister-launch system to impart higher road mobility, the missile will give the armed forces much greater operational flexibility than the earlier-generation of Agni missiles.

"The accuracy levels of Agni-V and Agni-IV, with their better guidance and navigation systems, are far higher than Agni-I (700-km), Agni-II (2,000-km) and Agni-III (3,000-km),'' said the source.

The Agni missiles will get deadlier once MIRV (multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles) payloads for them are developed. An MIRV payload on a missile carries several nuclear warheads, which can be programmed to hit different targets. A flurry of such missiles can hence completely overwhelm BMD (ballistic missile defence) systems.

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Agni-V, India's first ICBM test-fired successfully - Times Of India
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Top 10 facts about Agni-V

 

[CommanderShawnzer]

good,atleast our country can hit bejing and shanghai incase of an eventuality................

 

[Minion]

At last some firepower that can make Chinese to think 1000 time before hitting India

 

[digit.sh]

Its a good demonstration of technology. Our guidance system uses ring-laser-gyroscope which is far more accurate than others'. But the killer feature is that it can carry multiple warheads(MIRV - multiple re entry vehicle), each of which can be targeted to different places!
On the other hand, IMO, in today's scenario, intelligence gathering, political and economic espionage is more important, cause its very unlikely that we will ever go into a full scale war with any of our neighbours, let alone usage of ballastic missiles. That said, its absolutely necessary to make such missiles and to be prepared for any possible situation.

 

[Tech_Wiz]

Only a person with a Gun in hand can demand and maintain peace. Peace is not for beggers

 

[101gamzer]

China is saying that Agni V has 8000 km range and India is hiding it !!! they have far better Missile and nuclear arsenal then us !

 

[sukesh1090]

for me comparing nuclear arsenal is just waste of time.we only need a few of them to turn china in to dust and same goes for India.but I am more than sure that no one will ever use these weapons.because if they use it they will get their *** kicked by other countries.above all if i am right china can't use it because it is under the treaty of not using it and India haven't signed that treaty.so china can only use it when we hit them with a nuclear weapon which is not going to happen.

 

[KDroid]

Good to know that we developed it. Still, China can beat the $hit out of us if it wants.

 

[icebags]

China is saying that Agni V has 8000 km range and India is hiding it !!! they have far better Missile and nuclear arsenal then us !

actually, if we can deliver a package to moon, we can deliver the same halfway around the earth too, just need to calculate the package trajectory and trust in to required location while it's in orbit. however, missile differs a bit from those rockets, they are more portable, compact and usable in short notice.
others china or amreeka, all are aware of what pslv gets converted into by applying a different coating of paint.

p.s. news media claims agni-v can destroy spy-sats, as well as incoming ballistic missiles. i am not aware of how a ballistic missile can do that.

 

[KDroid]

India hiding missile's actual range? Really? I think, We indians love to brag.

 

[ssdivisiongermany1933]

hmmm....Westen Europe and American continent still out of range but atleast our notorious neighbors are in range

 

[gopi_vbboy]

whats use of missle when soldiers in our army are having oudated guns and weapons...army need to be equiped with good weapons as priority

 

[dashing.sujay]

actually, if we can deliver a package to moon, we can deliver the same halfway around the earth too, just need to calculate the package trajectory and trust in to required location while it's in orbit. however, missile differs a bit from those rockets, they are more portable, compact and usable in short notice.
others china or amreeka, all are aware of what pslv gets converted into by applying a different coating of paint.

p.s. news media claims agni-v can destroy spy-sats, as well as incoming ballistic missiles. i am not aware of how a ballistic missile can do that.

India has already achieved technology of hitting an incoming missile. This is a very advanced technology though.

As far as sending a missile/rocket to half distance if earth is not that easy. It always fails due to one reason, "Cryogenic engine", which India is not able to develop fully, and no country is ready to sell. If India develops it, lunar missions + ICBM+ range will be much easier.

But until its not conducted into army after full fledge test, we can't be so sure of its success. Remember Agni IV, it got an array of failures.

whats use of missle when soldiers in our army are having oudated guns and weapons...army need to be equiped with good weapons as priority

.22 Vs m4 (or even mp5 smg) , can you imagine!

 

[icebags]

India has already achieved technology of hitting an incoming missile. This is a very advanced technology though.

As far as sending a missile/rocket to half distance if earth is not that easy. It always fails due to one reason, "Cryogenic engine", which India is not able to develop fully, and no country is ready to sell. If India develops it, lunar missions + ICBM+ range will be much easier.

But until its not conducted into army after full fledge test, we can't be so sure of its success. Remember Agni IV, it got an array of failures.

hey yo, i just wondered how u hit an coming missile with some super heavy agni missile. well, the tech of hitting incoming missile is not consistent, they keep changing when newer countermeasures are incorporated in the incoming missile. for ex, the models of patriot missiles that us used to protect israel in 90s, are considered outdated now. they made some even "better" patties, india wants them too, but us simply wont give.

about cryogenic engine, that's what is used for very upper parts of the atmosphere & space, and we are lacking this alright. but we have alternative, that's just not as good as the cryo engine. pslv does it's job well, and consider the fact that if u can put a satellite in lower earth orbit, you can pull it down too, just need to calculate its path (it should have an operational engine though) so that it does not get burned up during atmospheric re-entry.

ps: it seems agni-v can launch small lower earth spy sats too. its a capability nice to have. guess when ur operational spy sats are shot down by the enemy, you can just put another from a railway tack near baranasi or from the highway by the side of a football ground.

 

[dashing.sujay]

We don't really have an alternative for cryogenic engine.

consider the fact that if u can put a satellite in lower earth orbit, you can pull it down too, just need to calculate its path (it should have an operational engine though)

 

[icebags]

how you think we propelled that chandrayan into moon orbit? solid fuel engines are not used in space. we used old liquid fuel engine, containing separate tanks of fuel and oxidizer.

cryogenic engine differs from liquid fuel engines in sense that, it keeps gaseous fuels in "cryo" temp, i.e. very low temp. thats why same mass of cryo fuel entered in burning chamber produces faster burn or more thrust than that of conventional liquid engine.

cryo engine = more power = more payload. liquid fuel engine can be used in place of a cryo engine, just the payload will be much smaller.

 

[pranav0091]

Missile and Satellite launching tech, though pretty similar, are not exactly the same. Just because we can launch to the moon on doesn't mean we can hit anyplace on the earth. Note that the Agni V is a all-solid missile.

And also note that in terms or raw thrust, nothing beats the good old solid propellant based engines. The point where liquid propellants (cryo or not) are good is thrust per unit mass of fuel.

And as icebags said, liquid engines are acceptable alternatives to cryo engines. Cryo engines are liquid engines afterall.

 

[ajaymailed]

p.s. news media claims agni-v can destroy spy-sats, as well as incoming ballistic missiles. i am not aware of how a ballistic missile can do that.

no it can't destroy incoming ballistic missile, they might talking about destroying Satellites, evading the Anti-Ballistic missiles using maneuvers. We also have a ballistic missile defense program going on.

for me comparing nuclear arsenal is just waste of time.we only need a few of them to turn china in to dust and same goes for India

It would take lot of nukes to turn a large country into dust. normally the idea is to deter or threaten them with dire consequences like destroying major cities

 

[Faun]

whats use of missle when soldiers in our army are having oudated guns and weapons...army need to be equiped with good weapons as priority

That's why we are prioritizing on Deterrence.

 

[CommanderShawnzer]

whats use of missle when soldiers in our army are having oudated guns and weapons...army need to be equiped with good weapons as priority

dude,thats only possible if our generals and politicians/ministers stop "eating" out of defence deals