India successfully test fired its indigenously developed Agni-5 missile on 3rd June
- The missile was launched from Dr. Abdul Kalam island off the Odisha coast.
- Agni missile is Surface to Surface missile
- Launched with the help of mobile launcher of Integrated test range at Dr. Abdul Kalam island, formerly known as Wheeler Island
- It is 6th test fire of the state-of-the art Agni-5 missile
- Trial was a great succes
- Missile hit the target with great accuracy after covering its full distance.
- Entire flight was monitored by radars, tracking instruments and observation stations.
Key Facts: Agni-5 missile:
- It is brainchild of DRDO.
- Most advanced in series
- Agni-5 is nuclear capable long range missile with new technologies in terms of navigation and guidance, warhead and engine.
- The 3-stage, 17 meter tall, 2-meter wide Agni-5 missile has range of 5000km
- Can carry nuclear warhead weighing up to 1.5 tonnes
- Agni-5 uses Ring laser Gyro based intertial navigation system RINS
- Most modern and gives very high accuracy
- Micro navigation system MNS helped missile reach its target with precision.
- Other features of Agni-5 missile include
- High speed on board computer
- Fault tolerant software
- Robust reliable bus
- Advanced computer
- Inertial navigation system
- Other Agnis are
- Agni-1 : Range 700 km
- Agni-2 : Range 2000km
- Agni-3 : 2500km
- Agni-4 : 3500km
