India tests advanced Agni missile

India conducted a successful Flight trial of an Advanced Agni missile with MIRV (Multiple Independently Targeted Re-Entry Vehicle) system from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha on Friday. In a social media post, the Defence Ministry said that the missile was flight tested with Multiple payloads, targeted to different targets spatially distributed over a large geographical area in the Indian Ocean Region. The Ministry said that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has complimented DRDO, Indian Army, and Industry on the successful flight test of Agni Missile with MIRV Capability. Singh stated that this would add an incredible capability to the country’s defence preparedness against the growing threat perceptions.
Agni-5 missile has a range of up to 5,000 km. The Agni 1 to 4 missiles have ranges from 700 km to 3,500 km, and they have already been deployed. The test comes as India continues to strengthen its strategic deterrence capabilities and expand indigenous defence technologies under its domestic military modernisation push. The exclusion zone declared before the launch stretched approximately 3,560 km over the Bay of Bengal, more than double the 1,680 km corridor declared for India’s separate anti-ship missile test on May 1.