AGNI
PRIME BALLISTIC MISSILES - DEFENCE AND SECURITY
News:
New generation ballistic
missile Agni-Prime successfully flight-tested
What's
in the news?
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The Strategic Forces Command (SFC) and the
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully tested the
new generation ballistic missile Agni-Prime from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off
the coast of Odisha.
Agni-Prime
Missile:
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It is a medium-range, nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile.
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It was tested for the first time in June
2021.
Developed
by
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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
Range:
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The missile has a range capability between
1,000 and 2,000 km.
Features:
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The missile is a two-stage canisterised solid propellant ballistic missile with
dual redundant navigation and guidance system.
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It is lighter
than all the earlier Agni series of missiles.
Further
Reference -
Agni Missiles
Go
back to basics:
Ballistic
Missiles:
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These are launched directly into the upper layers of the earth’s atmosphere.
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They can travel outside the atmosphere,
where the warhead detaches from the missile and falls towards a predetermined
target.
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They are rocket-propelled self-guided
weapons systems which can carry conventional or nuclear munitions.
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They can be launched from aircraft, ships
and submarines and land.