Agni-III Missile Launched Successfully
On Sunday (7th February) the longest range missile in India's arsenal, Agni-III, was successfully launched from the Wheeler Island in Chandipur Missile Range off Orissa coast. The first trial of Agni-III was conducted on July 9, 2006 and it had ended in a failure. But the subsequent two tests on April 12, 2007 and May 7, 2008 were successful. This was the fourth test-firing of the Agni-III missile. This successful launch makes the nuclear-capable platform ready for induction into the armed forces.
The 17-metre long Agni-III is 2 metres in diameter and has a two-stage solid propellant system with a pay load capability of 1.5 tonnes. It is an intermediate-range ballistic missile and successor to Agni-II. The ballistic missile has a range of 3,500 km- 5500 km
Fact Sheet of Agni-III Missile
Type | Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile |
Service History | To be Inducted into Indian Army |
Production History | Manufacturer Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) |
Specifications | Weight - 50,000 kg Length - 17 m Diameter - 2.0 m |
Warhead | Strategic nuclear (15 KT to 250 KT), conventional HE-unitary, penetration, sub-munitions, incendiary or fuel air explosives |
Engine | Two stage solid propellant engine |
Operational Range | 3500 km - 5500 km |
Flight Altitude | > 90 km |
Speed | 5-6 km/s (Agni-II) |
Guidance System | Ring Laser Gyro- INS (Inertial Navigation System), optionally augmented by GPS terminal guidance with possible radar scene correlation |
INDIAN MISSILES AT A GLANCE
Anti-Ballistic Missiles | 1. Prithvi Air Defence (PAD) 2. Advanced Air Defence (AAD) |
Ballistic Missiles | 1. Agni I, II, III, and V 2. Prithvi I, II, III and Dhanush 3. SRBM Shaurya 4. SLBM Sagarika |
Cruise Missiles | 1. BrahMos |
Surface-to-Air Missiles | 1. Akash 2. Trishul |
Air-to-Air Missiles | 1. Astra |
Anti-tank Missiles | 1. Nag |
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