Test flight of Agni-5 with MIRV successful

India on Monday carried out maiden flight test of the indigenously developed Agni-5 missile with the Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle (MIRV) technology which allows the weapon system to tackle multiple nuclear warheads, strengthening the country’s strategic deterrence capability.

The missile launch carried out under Mission Divyastra (divine weapon), made India’s entry into the elite list of the countries that have the capability to deploy MIRV missile systems, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia and China.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and defence minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the scientists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the successful test.

“Proud of our DRDO scientists for Mission Divyastra, the first flight test of indigenously developed Agni-5 missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology,” PM Modi said on ‘X’.

The test flight of Agni-5, marked the first time that the MIRV technology was tested, which aims to deploy multiple warheads at different locations in a single launch.

The Agni-5 weapon 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.