Minister Orders, India's Agni-V To Fly Before Year End

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Indian Defence Minister AK Antony today said the country must have a ballistic missile with 5,000-km range. After presenting the DRDO awards today, Antony called upon the organisation to quickly deliver the Agni-V missile.

"DRDO must demonstrate its capability to reach the range of 5,000-km at the earliest. The interceptor missile development programme has taken India to an elite club of nations that possess the capability to demonstrate and deploy missile defence. DRDO should now work towards developing a credible ballistic missile defence for our country," Antony said.

Speaking to reporters later, DRDO chief Vijay Kumar Saraswat said that the Agni-V test launch will take place before the end of this year.


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India to test fire Agni-V by year-end
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In this file photo DRDO chief V.K. Saraswat, left, and Agni missile programme director Avinash Chander pose with a model of the missile

The 5,000-km Agni-V ballistic missile will be launched by the end of this year, Mr. . Saraswat said on Friday.

The 5,000-km Agni-V ballistic missile will be launched by the end of this year, Mr. . Saraswat said on Friday.


India will for the first time test fire its 5,000-km range Agni-V ballistic missile by the end of this year in what is being seen as a major leap in the country’s missile capability.

“Agni-V missile would be ready for test by the end of this year, probably in December,” Defence Research and Development Organisation chief V.K. Saraswat said in New Delhi on Friday on the sidelines of a function.

He said that the 3,000-km range Agni-III missile has already been inducted into the armed forces. “Agni-III is already inducted. Its development has been completed and is under production,” he said.

Mr. Saraswat was replying to the queries on development schedule of Agni-III and Agni-V series of missiles after Defence Minister A.K. Antony, who addressed the function, asked the DRDO to prioritise development of the 5,000-km range ballistic missile.

Congratulating the DRDO for developing Ballistic Missile Defence System, Mr. Antony said, “DRDO must demonstrate the capability to develop missiles of the range of 5,000 km at the earliest. This is a challenge for the DRDO and I hope they will successfully meet this challenge at the earliest.”

“The first trial is expected to start in December this year followed by a series of modifications and further trials over the next few years. This missile would be based on the concept of re-entry vehicle capable of covering whole of Pakistan and China,” DRDO officials said.

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India to test-fire Agni-V by year-end
Press Trust of India / New Delhi June 3, 2011, 17:58 IST
India will for the first time test-fire its 5,000-km range Agni-V ballistic missile by the end of this year in what is being seen as a major leap in the country's missile capability.

"Agni-V missile would be ready for test by the end of this year, probably in December," Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chief VK Saraswat said here today on the sidelines of a function.
He said that the 3,000-km range Agni-III missile has already been inducted into the armed forces. "Agni-III is already inducted. Its development has been completed and is under production," he said.
Saraswat was replying to the queries on development schedule of Agni-III and Agni-V series of missiles after Defence Minister AK Antony, who addressed the function, asked DRDO to prioritise development of the 5,000-km range ballistic missile.

Congratulating DRDO for developing Ballistic Missile Defence System, Antony said, "DRDO must demonstrate the capability to develop missiles of the range of 5,000 km at the earliest. This is a challenge for the DRDO and I hope they will successfully meet this challenge at the earliest."

"The first trial is expected to start in December this year followed by a series of modifications and further trials over the next few years. This missile would be based on the concept of re-entry vehicle capable of covering whole of Pakistan and China," DRDO officials said.

India to test-fire Agni-V by year-end

 

[madooxno9]

AWESOME news.... dil garden garden ho gaya.... can't wait to see AGNI-V.
bhai logo...

 

[Kinetic]

The most important thing is they are giving both BMD and ICBM programmes top priorities. I think both are too important, specially BMD.

 

[wind]

Minister ordered sadly the problem with India is execution

 

[Kinetic]

Minister ordered sadly the problem with India is execution

Ministers are everything in India, so expect its done.

 

[wind]

Ministers are everything in India, so expect its done.

Well, what if ur central Govt changes?

 

[Kinetic]

Well, what if ur central Govt changes?

If the Central govt changes it will be faster because BJP will come to power. lol

 

[Major Ram]

Well, what if ur central Govt changes?

That's a good question. Well, these projects will be continued irrespective of the ruling party. The first nuke was tested in BJP government and Congress government has continued it since.

 

[MumbaiIndians]

Mashallah. even Allah is with India.

 

[harpoon]

Well, what if ur central Govt changes?

Govt may cancel projects due to cost overruns, but as this project is a nuclear deterrent against one giant neighbor of India there is slight chance of this being cancelled.

 

[Kinetic]

Govt may cancel projects due to cost overruns, but as this project is a nuclear deterrent against one giant neighbor of India there is slight chance of this being cancelled.

Any govt in India did not cancel any defence projects so far. This is the true democracy. I like the way Congress and BJP support each other for our defence preparedness and foreign policy. In these areas there are no differences in India.

 

[DanishAhmed1]

sure it will fly, back into delhi

 

[mautkimaut]

sure it will fly, back into delhi

this would be most awesome technology.. a ballistic missile which drops the nukes in Pakistan and returns to Delhi..