Agni V Launch

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  India Successfully Test-Fires Agni-5 Ballistic Missile: All You Need To Know

  India successfully test-fired nuclear capable surface-to-surface Agni-5 Ballistic Missile today, boosting indigenous missile capabilities and deterrence strength of the country. Agni-5 is the most advanced missile in the Agni series with a strike range of over 5,000 kilometres. Agni-5 was test-fired at about 9:54 am from launch pad number 4 of the ...

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  After China's Comment On Agni-V Missile Test, India's Curt Response

  Responding to China's reaction to its test-firing of the Agni-V inter-continental ballistic missile, India today said its strategic capabilities were not targeted against any particular country, adding that while it abides by all applicable international obligations, it expects others to do the same. "India's strategic capabilities are not targete...

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  PM Narendra Modi Lauds Scientists for Successful Test-Firing of Agni-V

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hailed scientists for the successful test-firing of 'Agni V' and said the missile is a prized asset for the country's forces.

• Agni-5, India's most potent nuclear-capable ballistic missile, launched successfully

  India has successfully test-launched its new ballistic missile, Agni-5, which can carry a nuclear warhead not just to Beijing and Shanghai but even the Northern-most tip of China - Habin City.

• 'Spy satellite' RISAT- 1: Top 10 must know facts

  After a highly successful launch of the Agni V, India today successfully launched its own 'spy satellite' RISAT-1. It was powered by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from Sriharikota at 5.47 am this morning. Here are the top 10 facts on RISAT-1:

• Top 10 facts about RISAT-1, India's own 'spy satellite'

  After a highly successful launch of the Agni V, India is now ready to launch its own spy satellite RISAT-1. It will be powered by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from Sriharikota on Thursday at 5.47 am. Here are the top 10 facts on the spy satellite:

• After Agni V, India to launch RISAT-1

  After a highly successful launch of the Agni V, India is now ready to launch its own 'spy satellite' RISAT-1. It will be powered by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from Sriharikota on Thursday at 5.47 am. The indigenously made satellite will have day and night viewing capability and will be able to see through cloud cover.

• Parliament hails launch of Agni-V

  The Parliament today hailed the successful launch of the nuclear capable, 5000 km range Agni-V missile, which propelled India into an elite group of nations possessing such advanced technology.

• Tamil Nadu woman behind Agni V launch

  Tamil Nadu will have special reason to cheer on Thursday when an Indian rocket puts Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) into orbit and the remote sensing satellite starts performing, as a local woman is directing the project for India's heaviest microwave satellite.

• India cut Agni V range under NATO pressure: Chinese media

  Continuing its tirade against the successful launch of Agni V, Chinese state media accused India of buckling under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) pressure to cut down the missile's range from 9,000 kilometres to 5,000 kilometres.

• Agni V: DRDO chief briefs Prime Minister on successful launch

  In the wake of the successful launch of Agni V Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) chief Dr V K Saraswat briefed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday on the mission and its future development programme.

• China downplays Agni V launch

  Beijing on Thursday downplayed India's successful launch of a missile capable of striking anywhere in China, saying that the neighbouring giants were not rivals.

• Agni-V launch places India on a footing with China: US media

  India's successful test-fire of its first inter-continental ballistic missile heightens fears of an Asian arms race, even as it places the country on a footing with China, US media reports said of the launch.

• Missiles of the world: A look at countries' arsenals

  Before India entered into the elite club with the Thursday launch of Agni-V missile, only five countries - the US, Russia, China, France and Britain - had the capability to launch nuclear capable long range missiles.

• What Agni V launch means for India

  Agni V launch: Now that the initial euphoria of the successful launch of India's longest range missile (call it IRBM, ICBM, doesn't matter) Agni V is over, congratulatory messages from Prime Minister downwards delivered, scientists and India's strategic community must concentrate on the next steps in fully developing and operationalising the strate...