Agni Missile


 
 
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Agni Missile

AGNI: It is a surface-to-surface IRBM, can carry payload of 500-1,000 kg up to the range of 1,000- 2,500 km.

  • Two stage hybrid, solid and liquid, propulsion engine. It can be launched from a fixed platform as well as from Rail/Road Mobile Launchers. India is the sixth country to develop indigenous IRBM capability.
  • Agni-I: First version of Agni Technology Demonstrator, IRBM; range 700- 8oo km; payload 1,000 kg. It bridges the gap between Prithvi and Agni- II. Its first stage uses solid and second stage uses liquid propulsion,

    Agni- II: Tested for the first time in 1999; range 2.000-2,500 km with payload capacity of 1,000 kg. It uses solid propulsion in both the stages. The per-launch preparation time is less than that of Agar I.

    Agni- II: Three stage, surface- based, solid and liquid- propellant ballistic missile. Its range is believed to be approx. 5000 km which would make is capable of striking Beijing.

    There will not be an Agni-IV missile, with DRDO leapfrogging from intermediate range Agni-III to a standard ICBM possibly.

    Agni-V: It is Intercontinental Ballistic Missile with 5,000 km range.

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