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Post by sevenofnine on Mar 11, 2024 12:18:24 GMT -5
WOW! India conducts first flight of missile that can carry multiple warheads India has completed the first flight test of a home-grown missile with multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV) technology, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. It is the latest development in India’s nuclear-capable Agni missile series, named after the Sanskrit word for “fire”, and part of a project launched in 1983. The technology delivers multiple warheads to different targets fired from the same missile on the Agni-V platform, which has a range of 5,000 km (3,100 miles), making it India’s sole contender for intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) long-range category. Modi said on Monday that he was “proud” that the launch of “the first flight test of indigenously developed Agni-5 missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology”, in comments on social media platform X. www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/11/india-conducts-first-flight-of-missile-that-can-carry-multiple-warheadsMinister of Defence Rajnath Singh said on X that India had “joined the select group of nations” capable of the missile technology.
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