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The Diplomat
February 21, 2018
This latest DN-3 interceptor test came shortly after India conducted the fifth known flight-test of its Agni-V missile, a near-intercontinental-range system, with ... testing; as of May 2016, China was focused mainly on testing the HQ-19's capability to intercept 3,000 km ranged ballistic missiles,” the report noted.
Economic Times
February 21, 2018
The perfect test launch came after successful trial of the Agni-5 missile on January 18, Agni-1 on February 6 and Agni II yesterday from the Abdul Kalam Island off ... In salvo mode, on November 21, 2016, two missiles were successfully test fired in quick succession from the same base and the last trial wasÃÂ ...
Economic Times
February 20, 2018
India today test-fired its medium range nuclear capable Agni-II missile with a strike range of 2,000 km from Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast, Defence sources said. For the latest videos, follow us on twitterFollow @EconomicTimes. 467viewsÃÂ ...
The Diplomat
February 20, 2018
The Agni-II medium to intermediate range ballistic missile was launched from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) on Dr. Abdul Kalam Island in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of the Indian ... As I explained: “India has a No First-Use (NFU) policy and keeps its nuclear warheads de-mated from the actual missiles.
CNBC
February 10, 2018
China is developing sea-based anti-missile systems and plans to deploy them in the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean, according to military experts. ... India successfully tested an Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on January 18 that, with a range of 5,000km, could land a nuclear warhead almostÃÂ ...
The Diplomat
February 9, 2018
Both the Agni-I and Prithvi-II are part of the missile arsenal India maintains to uphold its nuclear warfighting doctrine of credible minimum deterrence. As I explained: “India has a No First-Use (NFU) policy and keeps its nuclear warheads de-mated from the actual missiles. India is estimated to possessÃÂ ...
The Drive
February 6, 2018
That system, also known to the United States as the CSA-X-19, is reportedly best suited to engaging medium range ballistic missiles (MRBM), which have a ... This latest Chinese missile defense experiment does follow a separate Indian test launch of its Agni-V nuclear-capable intercontinental ballisticÃÂ ...
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
January 25, 2018
The Agni-5 is an intercontinental surface-to-surface ballistic missile (ICBM) with a range of more than 5,000 km.2 Agni missiles are a product of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Project (IGMDP) launched by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) in 1982. Although the IGMDP terminated in 2008 on completion of itsÃÂ ...
Center for Research on Globalization
January 25, 2018
India's successful test launch of the Agni 5 ICBM reignited the Asian missile race by disrupting the strategic balance with China & Pakistan and sparking a more pronounced security dilemma than before. Up until last week, it was doubtful that India could ever target China's eastern seaboard cities in theÃÂ ...
The Diplomat
January 23, 2018
What on earth happened to INS Arihant and what does the fifth test of the Agni V mean? By Ankit ... Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) and Prashanth Parameswaran (@TheAsianist) discuss recent developments with India's nuclear forces, including a mishap involving INS Arihant and the fifth test of the Agni V missile.
Moneycontrol.com
January 23, 2018
China should enhance its maritime presence in the Indian Ocean to counter the missile tests by India, claimed a report in a Chinese newspaper. The increased concern shown by China comes after India successfully conducted tests on its Agni –V missile last week. In an article published in Chinese paperÃÂ ...
Space.com
January 18, 2018
Indian President Ram Nath Kovind hailed the successful launch on Twitter. "Successful test firing of Agni-V ICBM makes every Indian very proud," Kovind wrote in the post. "It will boost our strategic defence." Ballistic missiles are rocket-launched weapons designed to launch high into space and re-enter theÃÂ ...
Newsweek
January 18, 2018
China criticized the missile according to a report in the Global Times, a state-run newspaper, slamming India's desire to enter the global intercontinental missile club. However, intercontinental missiles normally have a range of over 4,970 miles and the Agni-V only boasts 3,016 miles, the paper reported.
The New Indian Express
December 29, 2017
DRDO scientists received appreciation for the successful user trial of 4000-km range Agni-IV missile on January 2 but drew criticism for the failures of Agni-II and K-4 missiles on May 4 and December 17. This year, DRDO and Strategic Forces Command (SFC), a specially raised missile-handling unit of theÃÂ ...
The Diplomat
December 27, 2017
The missiles will possess a maximum range of approximately 3,500 kilometers and will allow India to secure a second strike capability against a range ... Earlier this year, an Indian Agni-II medium-range ballistic missile failed shortly after launch, likely due to imperfections in the casting of the missile's solidÃÂ ...
Modern Diplomacy
December 24, 2017
He further states that, “at least four of them (Prithvi ballistic missiles) were readied for a possible strike. Even an Agni missile capable of launching a nuclear warhead was moved to the Western Indian States and kept in a state of readiness.” It is clearly understood that both the states cannot be trusted forÃÂ ...
PKKH
December 23, 2017
In more recent years, Pakistan and India have both fielded ballistic missiles of sufficient range to strike each other's territory, while India's Agni V missile program will soon give it the ability to range all of China's population centres as well. The most recent entrant to this nuclear long-range missile club isÃÂ ...
Policy Forum
December 11, 2017
India's Agni V and North Korea's Hwasong-14 remain under active development and testing. The failure of North Korea's second test of the missile in late July 2017 was probably due to a more advanced re-entry vehicle design. India and China have joined Russia and the US in the ability to use solid-fuelÃÂ ...
Daily Times
December 10, 2017
The Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully test fired an air-launched BrahMos-A supersonic cruise missile from a Sukhoi Su-30 MKI multirole air superiority ... Over the years, India has been developing a series of missiles: Prithvi with a range of 150-350 km range was first tested in 1988; Agni-II with a range ofÃÂ ...
India Today
August 11, 2017
Agni Missile Department, established in 1989, is responsible for creating nuclear missiles like Agni-I, Agni-II, Agni-III, Agni-IV and Agni-V. The missiles belong ... From the start, Agni was appreciated as a distinct product and, sensing its strategic importance, separated from India's Integrated Guided MissileÃÂ ...
Times of India
July 12, 2017
Although the Agni-4 will be capable of striking targets in nearly all of China from northeastern India (including Beijing and Shanghai), India is also developing the longer-range Agni-5, a three-stage, solid-fuel, rail-mobile, near-intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of delivering a warhead moreÃÂ ...
Times of India
May 4, 2017
The Agni-I (700-km), Agni-II and Agni-III (3,000-km) missiles have already been inducted into the tri-Service SFC, which was created in 2003 to handle the country's nuclear arsenal. But it will take another couple of years to make the Agni-IV (4000-km) and Agni-V (over 5,000-km), which are specially meantÃÂ ...
Firstpost
December 31, 1999
The test comes amid months of international tension over North Korea's nuclear weapons and missiles programme and Beijing's firm opposition to the deployment of US interceptor missiles, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) in South Korea to ward off ward off any missile attacks from NorthÃÂ ...
The Diplomat
December 31, 1999
India has a No First-Use (NFU) policy and keeps its nuclear warheads de-mated from the actual missiles. India is estimated to possess 120-130 nuclear warheads. Last month, Indiasuccessfully test fired its most advanced nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the Agni-V. As I reported:.
Economic Times
December 31, 1999
BALASORE (ODISHA): India today successfully test-fired its short-range nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-1 with a strike range of over 700 km from a ... The sophisticated Agni-I missile is propelled by a solid rocket propellant system and is equipped with a specialised navigation system that ensures itÃÂ ...
The New Indian Express
December 31, 1999
BHUBANESWAR: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is contemplating crucial tests of India's longest range and most potent Agni-V and Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) K-4 this month. The two nuclear capable homegrown strategic missiles scheduled to be testedÃÂ ...
Policy Forum
December 12, 2017
In more recent years, Pakistan and India have both fielded ballistic missiles of sufficient range to strike each other's territory, while India's Agni V missile program will soon give it the ability to range all of China's population centres as well. The most recent entrant to this nuclear long-range missile club isÃÂ ...
Daily Times
December 11, 2017
The Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully test fired an air-launched BrahMos-A supersonic cruise missile from a Sukhoi Su-30 MKI multirole air superiority ... Over the years, India has been developing a series of missiles: Prithvi with a range of 150-350 km range was first tested in 1988; Agni-II with a range ofÃÂ ...
Times of India
December 4, 2017
A bomb with a propulsion system is called a rocket. If guided ... Based on the working principle, missiles can be ballistic or cruise and classified by range and proposed use — strategic or tactical. Key to ... India's Agni and Prithvi are ballistic missile systems while BrahMos is a cruise missile system. Overall ...
Times of India
December 1, 2017
In reply to a question at the GES-2017 here on Thursday during an interaction with TOI, the 'Agni Putri' as Tessy Thomas is known as, said technologies had to be developed for self-reliance. Tessy Thomas is involved with different variants of the Agni missile but chose not to speak about what the next ...
Financial Express
November 28, 2017
4. Now, she is a leading expert in ballistic missiles and was the Project Director for DRDO's Agni IV and V missiles, right from their inception. She is also the first woman to lead missile teams in India. Yesterday, Anand Mahindra said that DRDO's Tessy, the first woman to head an Indian missile project,ÃÂ ...
NewsBytes
November 28, 2017
In 1983, India launched its missile programme which gave birth to the ... Agni, K-series, BrahMos and Nirbhay ballistic and cruise missiles.
Scout
November 28, 2017
Pakistan fields nearly a dozen different types of missiles to facilitate this ... rocket with a range of one hundred kilometers, and the Nasr Hatf IX, which can be ... Ra'ad nuclear Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM), with a range of 350 kilometers. ... Twenty mobile Agni-1 ballistic missiles with a range of seven ...
Times of India
November 27, 2017
Tessy was associate project director of the 3,000 km range Agni-3 missile project of Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO)Â ...
Defenseworld.net
November 25, 2017
The propellant will thereafter be put to use in the missile," HEMRL ... of solid rocket propellants used in the tactical and strategic missile programs of DRDO such as the Pinaka Mk I & Mk-II, Akash, Nirbhay, AAD, Agni program.
Times of India
November 17, 2017
HYDERABAD: Tessy Thomas, the 'missile woman of India', who was project ... The 'Agni Putri' may not really talk about missiles at the Global ...
Oneindia
November 16, 2017
Agni series has five missiles with varying strike capabilities and ranges. Agni 1 is a single stage solid fuel missile with a range of 1250 kms ...
Daily Pioneer
November 10, 2017
The father of Agni Missile VK Saraswat, Ishan Shankar, the director of BHEL, director Poonch, Vimal Kaushik, Shiv Shankar of Delhi IIT, Air Vice ...
Scout
November 2, 2017
India's Jet Fighters Now Equipped with Nuclear-Armed Missiles ... fighter jets armed with the country's most advanced, supersonic cruise missile. ... It has also been busy testing [6] the Agni-V, which is three-stage solid-fueled ...
The Sydney Morning Herald
October 27, 2017
... the Indian Ministry of Defence of their nuclear-capable Agni-V missile, .... ban and is going "pedal to the metal" on such missiles, Cooper said.
Jalopnik
October 24, 2017
Five more have followed, along with dozens of missile tests, including the first ... underground nuclear test and launching 22 missiles during 15 launch events. ... Last year, India tested its latest ICBM design, the Agni V, which is not .... a “midcourse” phase, when the warhead separates from the rocket and ...
The Hans India
October 23, 2017
S The rumors that an even longer range missile, the Agni-5, is under ... for all countries that have opted to put nuclear missiles in submarines.
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
September 21, 2017
One would expect that missile warheads of similar designs and yields ... fits in easily with India's Agni family of missiles which have payloads ...
Hindustan Times
September 15, 2017
According to scientists, the technology for this missile is more complicated than that of ballistic Agni missiles, as Astra works on a terminal active ...
India Today
August 11, 2017
Agni Missile Department, established in 1989, is responsible for creating nuclear missiles like Agni-I, Agni-II, Agni-III, Agni-IV and Agni-V. The ...
Oneindia
August 10, 2017
India's Agni vs China's Dongfeng missile: Which is more powerful ... Agni missiles: How far can they strike in Chinese territory? ... DF-26, a two-stage solid fuel rocket IRBM, measures 14 meters long with a diameter of 1.4Â ...
Times of India
July 12, 2017
... four land-based ballistic missiles, and one sea-based ballistic missile. ... "The extra range will allow the Indian military to establish Agni-5Â ...
Times of India
May 4, 2017
Sources said the test-firing of the surface-to-surface Agni-II missile, which ... The Agni-I (700-km), Agni-II and Agni-III (3,000-km) missiles have ...
Hindustan Times
May 4, 2017
India on Thursday test-fired its medium-range nuclear-capable Agni-II missile having a strike range of more than 2,000 kms from an island off ...
Economic Times
April 27, 2017
Agni-III has a strike range of more than 3,000 km and capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads weighing up to 1.5 tonnes.
