India has successfully conducted a fourth test launch of its nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile.
Agni-V is an intercontinental ballistic missile developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).The missiles are among India’s most sophisticated weapons. Agni means “fire” in Hindi and Sanskrit.The exact range of Agni V is “classified” or “understated” but afterwards he described Agni V as a missile with a range of 5,500–5,800 km.
Agni-V’s re-entry system worked perfectly. Its nose-cone that encases the warhead is made of carbon-carbon composites, which can withstand a searing temperature of about 3,000 degrees Celsius when the missile re-enters the earth’s atmosphere.
The importance of the success of Agni-V lay in the fact that it was fired from a canister mounted on a massive TATRA truck. A gas generator at the bottom of the canister ejected the three-stage missile that weighs 50 tonnes and measures 17 metres long. It has a diameter of two metres. A launch from a canister mounted on a truck gives the missile flexibility of movement.
Agni-V can be made vertical in three minutes and fired from a roadside in a town.
Engineering notes
Propulsion
The Agni-V is a three-stage solid fuelled missile with composite motor casing in the second and third stage.
The Agni-V is a three-stage solid fuelled missile with composite motor casing in the second and third stage.
Mobility
The Agni-5 is specially tailored for road-mobility. The missile will utilise a canister and will be launched from it. Made of maraging steel, a canister must provide a hermetically sealed atmosphere that preserves the missile for years. During firing, the canister must absorb enormous stresses when a thrust of 300 to 400 tonnes (300 to 390 long tons; 330 to 440 short tons) is generated to eject the 50 tonnes (49 long tons; 55 short tons) missile.
The Agni-5 is specially tailored for road-mobility. The missile will utilise a canister and will be launched from it. Made of maraging steel, a canister must provide a hermetically sealed atmosphere that preserves the missile for years. During firing, the canister must absorb enormous stresses when a thrust of 300 to 400 tonnes (300 to 390 long tons; 330 to 440 short tons) is generated to eject the 50 tonnes (49 long tons; 55 short tons) missile.
MIRVs
In future, Agni-V is expected to feature Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRVs) with each missile being capable of carrying 2–10 separate nuclear warheads.Each warhead can be assigned to a different target, separated by hundreds of kilometres.
In future, Agni-V is expected to feature Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRVs) with each missile being capable of carrying 2–10 separate nuclear warheads.Each warhead can be assigned to a different target, separated by hundreds of kilometres.
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