DRDO Agni 5:
The Indian strategic establishment had been eagerly awaiting the flight test of the indigenously built 5000km-range missile as its success would catapult India to an exclusive club of countries like USA, Russia, China and France who possess technology to develop ICBM.
India on Thursday test fired Agni-5, the country's first long range inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) from Wheeler Island, off the Odisha coast.
The maiden flight test of Agni-5, was postponed on Wednesday. Bad weather conditions were cited as the reason. "Due to whether conditions".
India poses no missile threat: NATO heavy lightning in the region, the Agni-5 launch is postponed for safety reasons," Ravi Kumar Gupta, director, directorate of public interface, Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) had said.
Agni-5 is a three-stage, all solid fuel powered missile with multiple independent targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV) which means the missile can target several areas simultaneously with one-tonne nuclear warhead.
The missile, with a length of 17.5metre, weighs 50 tonnes and can carry 11 quintals of warheads.
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