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DRDO Chief Dr. Chirstopher while speaking to media said that DRDO will ask the government of India to allow them to develop India’s long-range nuclear-capable Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) which can travel a distance of 10,000 km.
DRDO Chief is already developing a long-range nuclear-capable Agni-VI ballistic missile that would carry multiple warheads to target over 6000kms and will be India’s first missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) capability which will allow one missile to carry multiple payloads to different targets if needed.
Earlier this year Agni 5 missile canister version was test fired for the first time. Agni 5 missile is an intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic missile which has a strike range of over 5000 km and can carry a nuclear warhead of over one tonne and with lighter payload can travel a distance of 8,000 km.
idrw.org in its earlier report had confirmed that Agni-VI will also come in canister versions like Agni-V and DRDO already has completed hardware realisation phase of Agni-VI ballistic missile but has not disclosed possible first testing of the missile yet.
Agni-VI with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) capabilities has been described as force multiplier in Indian defence missile arsenal which will Reduce the effectiveness of any anti-ballistic missile system which with Several smaller warheads can cause much more damage to the target area than a single warhead alone. Beside the Agni-VI’s land based version, the DRDO is simultaneously working on its submarine-launched ballistic missile variant.
India present fleet of Agni series missiles consists of Agni-1 with a range of 700 km, Agni-2 with 2500 km range, Agni-3 with 3500 and Agni-4 with 4000 range.
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We will make a case for 10000km missile with Government, Agni-VI is On : DRDO Chief | idrw.org
