Balasore: Before the din that was kicked off after test firing of the much-touted Intercontinental Range Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Agni-V was settled down, India is gearing up to go for the maiden development trial of Agni-VI missile within next two years notwithstanding international reactions and pressures. Being developed by the DRDO, the new generation ICBM Agni-VI will have a strike range of 8,000 km to 10,000 km. A reliable source...
12:13 AM, May 24, 2012
India on Thursday successfully test-fired the 5000-km range surface-to-surface Agni-V Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). ...
01:26 PM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: Terming the successful launch of Agni-V as a proud moment for the country, former navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash on Thursday said that the next step should be to put an indigenous inter-continental ballistic missile on an indigenous nuclear submarine, which will make India's nuclear deterrent invulnerable and omnipotent. "The next step is to put the same capability on a nuclear submarine which can disappear into the deep...
11:01 AM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony on Thursday described the maiden test flight of Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Agni-5 as an "immaculate success" and a "major milestone". "The nation stands tall today. We have joined the elite club of nations (to possess the ICBM capability)," Antony told the DRDO Chief Dr V K Saraswat on phone after the test flight of the missile was declared successful on Thursday. "The...
10:14 AM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: Missile expert PK Ghose on Thursday termed the successful launch of Agni-V as a game changer in many ways for India, saying the biggest significance is that it covers entire China. "This missile is capable of MIRV (multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle). An MIRV payload on a missile carries several nuclear warheads, which can be programmed to hit different targets," he said. Talking in details, Ghose said that ...
09:30 AM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: Missile expert PK Ghose on Thursday termed the successful launch of Agni-V as a game changer in many ways for India, saying the biggest significance is that it covers entire China. "This missile is capable of MIRV (multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle). An MIRV payload on a missile carries several nuclear warheads, which can be programmed to hit different targets," he said. Talking in details, Ghose said that...
09:30 AM, Apr 19, 2012
Balasore: India on Thursday successfully test-fired the 5000-km range surface-to-surface Agni-V Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) capable of covering entire China and reaching deep into Europe. Agni-V has helped India gatecrash into a small and exclusive club of nations with intercontinental ballistic missile capability. Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh congratulated scientists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the successful launch of Agni-V. "DRDO and other organisations have worked...
08:23 AM, Apr 19, 2012
Washington: Describing India's non-proliferation record as "solid", the US refused to express any concern on the country's nuclear-capable Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile launch, which was postponed on Wednesday due to bad weather. "India has a solid nonproliferation record. They're engaged with the international community on non- proliferation issues. And Prime Minister (Manmohan) Singh has attended both of the nuclear security summits, the one in Washington and then Seoul," the State Department...
04:11 AM, Apr 19, 2012
Brussels: NATO does not consider India as a missile threat despite the country's advanced missile development programme, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said. India is all set to test its domestically-developed Agni V ballistic missile with a range of 5,000 km. The three-stage solid-fuel missile will be launched from a site on Wheelers' Island in the Bay of Bengal and is expected to reach its target area in southern...
03:46 AM, Apr 19, 2012
Balasore: India on Wednesday postponed the test firing of the 5000-km range surface-to-surface Agni-V Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), from Wheeler Island in Odisha, capable of hitting deep inside China and reaching Europe. According to a defence spokesperson, the test firing was postponed till Thursday due to bad weather conditions. Agni-V is slated to help India gatecrash into a small and exclusive club of nations with intercontinental ballistic missile capability. Agni-V...
08:10 PM, Apr 18, 2012
Balasore: India will on Wednesday test-fire the 5000-km range surface-to-surface Agni-V Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) capable of covering entire China and reaching deep into Europe. Agni-V will help India gatecrash into a small and exclusive club of nations with intercontinental ballistic missile capability. Agni-V is capable of carrying nuclear warheads and will be crucial for India's defence against China. The missile can carry a pay-load of 1 tonne, is 17...
11:49 AM, Apr 18, 2012
India is expected to enter a select club of nations with Inter Continental Ballistic Missile or ICBM capability. ...
10:10 AM, Apr 18, 2012
Balasore (Odisha): Range preparation for the maiden test of India's indigenously developed nuclear capable 'Agni-V' ballistic missile with a strike range of over 5,000 km is "near complete" and the trial is likely to be held from Wheeler Island off Odisha coast this Wednesday. "If everything goes as per schedule, the trial is likely to be taken up on Wednesday from the launch pad-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR),"...
12:12 PM, Apr 16, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile, the military said. The Hatf-2 missile can travel up to 180 km and deliver nuclear as well as conventional warheads with high accuracy, the statement from Inter-Services Public Relations said. The test is part of the process of validation of a land-based ballistic missile system, it said. "The test provides an operational level capability to Pakistan's strategic forces,...
11:45 AM, Mar 05, 2012
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