Agni-5 missile’s first flight test with MIRV tech, India enters select club

NEW DELHI: India today tested the first flight test of indigenously developed Agni-5 missile with MIRV technology.

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The maiden flight test is particularly significant as it aims to bolster India’s nuclear deterrence.

• The Agni-V project is aimed at boosting India’s nuclear deterrence
• Agni-V can bring almost the entire Asia under its strike range
• The test featured Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle.

This will ensure that a single missile can deploy multiple war heads at different locations.
The project director is a woman and has significant women contribution.
With the test of Mission Divyastra, India has joined the select group of nations who have MIRV capability.
This system is equipped with indigenous Avionics systems and high accuracy sensor packages, which ensured that the re-entry vehicles reached the target points within the desired accuracy. The capability is an enunciator of India’s growing technological prowess.
How MIRV works
Launch: A MIRV-equipped missile is launched and follows a ballistic trajectory into space, similar to any other ballistic missile.
Post-boost phase: After the boost phase, the missile’s upper stage, known as the “bus,” reaches a suborbital spaceflight. In this phase, the bus maneuvers and aligns itself based on the designated targets.
Deployment: The bus sequentially deploys multiple warheads along with decoys and countermeasures. Each warhead can be assigned a different trajectory and target.
Re-entry and Impact: The warheads re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere independently and proceed to their respective targets.

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