Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Agni-III Missile

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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