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India's ASAT Missile Launch Was "Surgical Strike" In Space: Scientists

India News | Written by Pallava Bagla | Wednesday March 27, 2019

India has become the fourth nation after the US, Russia and China that has the capability to launch missiles to destroy satellites in low-Earth orbit. With the successful test-launch of the anti-satellite (ASAT) missile and destruction of the target today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a televised national address said India has crossed an import...

Agni V Missile That Can Reach Chinese Cities To Be Inducted Soon: Sources

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday July 1, 2018

India is in the process of inducting the first batch of its intercontinental ballistic missile system - Agni-V -which will bring targets across China within its range, and is expected to significantly bolster the country's military prowess.

India Successfully Test-Fires Nuclear Capable Agni-5 Ballistic Missile. Details Here

India News | Edited by Abhishek Chakraborty | Sunday June 3, 2018

India today successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable long range ballistic missile Agni-5 with a strike range of 5,000 km. The missile was launched from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast.

Agni 5 Missile That Can Strike China Set To Enter India's Arsenal

India News | Reported by Pallava Bagla, Edited by Subrat Nanda | Friday January 19, 2018

India's longest range missile Agni 5 is all set to be inducted into the armed forces, a top defence ministry official has told NDTV. This comes a day after the fifth consecutively successful launch of the inter-continental ballistic missile that has a range of nearly 5000 kilometres.

'In Long Run, India Won't Be Considered Beijing's Main Rival': Chinese Media

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday January 5, 2017

India has "broken" UN limits on nuclear arms and long-range missiles and Pakistan should also be accorded the same "privilege", state-run Chinese media said today, as it criticised New Delhi for carrying out Agni-IV and Agni-V missile tests whose range covers the Chinese mainland.

After China's Comment On Agni-V Missile Test, India's Curt Response

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Tuesday December 27, 2016

Responding to China's reaction to its test-firing of the Agni-V inter-continental ballistic missile, India today said its strategic capabilities were not targeted against any particular country, adding that while it abides by all applicable international obligations, it expects others to do the same. "India's strategic capabilities are not targete...

Agni 5, India's Longest Range Nuclear Capable Missile, Successfully Test Fired: 10 Points

India News | Written by Pallava Bagla | Monday December 26, 2016

Agni-5, India's longest range nuclear capable missile, was successfully test fired from the Kalam Island off Odisha coast today by the Defence Research and Development Organisation or DRDO. The intercontinental surface-to-surface ballistic missile, the latest in India's "Agni" family of medium to intercontinental range missiles, with new technology...

Agni 5 Project Director Transferred, Says He Was Not Informed

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday February 5, 2015

In yet another controversy to hit the Defence Research and Development Organisation or DRDO, the project director of nuclear-capable Agni 5 missile programme RK Gupta has been moved out following which he has complained to the Defence Ministry alleging victimisation.

PM Narendra Modi Lauds Scientists for Successful Test-Firing of Agni-V

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 31, 2015

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hailed scientists for the successful test-firing of 'Agni V' and said the missile is a prized asset for the country's forces.

Agni 5 Launch 'Best Farewell Gift', Outgoing DRDO Chief Avinash Chander Tells NDTV

India News | Written by Pallava Bagla | Saturday January 31, 2015

Speaking from Wheeler Island to NDTV after the successful launch of Agni 5, the outgoing Director General of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Avinash Chander assured the country that the missile was now in a "deliverable configuration".

Agni 5, India's Longest Range Ballistic Missile, Successfully Test-Fired

India News | Pallava Bagla | Saturday January 31, 2015

India today successfully test-launched Agni-5, its longest range ballistic missile, for the third time off the Odisha coast. The missile was launched from a canister from Wheeler Island, giving it higher road mobility.

Agni-5, India's most potent nuclear-capable ballistic missile, launched successfully

India News | Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Sunday September 15, 2013

India has successfully test-launched its new ballistic missile, Agni-5, which can carry a nuclear warhead not just to Beijing and Shanghai but even the Northern-most tip of China - Habin City.

Missiles of the world: A look at countries' arsenals

World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday April 19, 2012

Before India entered into the elite club with the Thursday launch of Agni-V missile, only five countries - the US, Russia, China, France and Britain - had the capability to launch nuclear capable long range missiles.

ICBM Agni V's test successful

India News | Friday April 20, 2012

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India ready to test 5,000 km range Agni-V by 2011

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 10, 2010

India today said it will test fire the over 5,000 km range nuclear-capable Agni-V surface to surface ballistic missile "within a year" that can strike any target in China and Pakistan.