India conducts first flight test of domestic missile

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Indian Air Force's (IAF) Surface to Air Missile for Assured Retaliation (SAMAR) fires a missile during rehearsal for 'Exercise Vayu Shakti 2024' at IAF's firing range in Pokhran on February 14, 2024. (AFP/File)
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  • Missile has Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle technology
  • Indian MIRV missile developed by the country’s military research arm

NEW DELHI, March 11 : India successfully conducted the first flight test of a domestically developed missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology, India Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on messaging platform X on Monday.
Indian scientists have integrated the technology — which delivers multiple warheads to different targets fired from the same missile on the Agni-V platform — and is the latest in India’s nuclear-capable Agni missile series.
Agni-V has a range of 5000 km (3100 miles), making it India’s sole contender for Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) long range category.
America, Britain, France, China and Russia are among the countries that already use MIRV missiles, while Pakistan tested it in 2017, according to Washington-based non-profit advocacy group, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.
The Indian MIRV missile was developed by the country’s military research arm, the Defense Research and Development Organization.

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