India test-fires Agni-5 missile with MIRV tech, enters elite club of nations

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) scientists for conducting the profitable maiden flight take a look at of the indigenously developed Agni-5 missile.

The missile is aided by Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) expertise.

This will make sure that a single missile can deploy a number of warheads at completely different areas, reported Hindustan Times.

With the take a look at of Mission Divyastra, India has joined a listing of elite nations which have the Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) expertise.

Sources instructed India Today that this cutting-edge system options indigenous avionics techniques and high-precision sensor packages, making certain the re-entry autos exactly hit their goal factors.  

PM tweets praising scientists

Indian PM Narendra Modi posted on X: ” Proud of our DRDO scientists for Mission Divyastra, the primary flight take a look at of indigenously developed Agni-5 missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) expertise.”