India Inter-continental Ballistic Missile

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  Agni 5 Missile That Can Strike China Set To Enter India's Arsenal

  India's longest range missile Agni 5 is all set to be inducted into the armed forces, a top defence ministry official has told NDTV. This comes a day after the fifth consecutively successful launch of the inter-continental ballistic missile that has a range of nearly 5000 kilometres.

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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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  India's Missile Programme 'A Threat To Regional Peace', Says Pakistan

  Pakistan has cautioned members of Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), a 35-member elite grouping that includes India and controls export in high-end missile technologies, that introduction of "destabilising systems" like "missile defence programmes" and "inter-continental ballistic missiles" in South Asia pose a "risk" to regional stability, ...

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  'In Long Run, India Won't Be Considered Beijing's Main Rival': Chinese Media

  India has "broken" UN limits on nuclear arms and long-range missiles and Pakistan should also be accorded the same "privilege", state-run Chinese media said today, as it criticised New Delhi for carrying out Agni-IV and Agni-V missile tests whose range covers the Chinese mainland.

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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...

• China Unveils 12,000-Kilometre Long Range Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile

  China's has unveiled the next generation of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which has a range of 12,000 kilometres, putting it among the world's longest-range missiles.

• US urges restraint after India and Pak test missiles

  The US has asked all nuclear-capable countries to exercise restraint after India and Pakistan test-fired ballistic missiles within a week. State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland, in response to a question on the latest missile test by Pakistan, said, "(We give) the same message that we gave at the time of the Indian test: that we urge all nu...

• 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.

• 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.

• Chandrababu Naidu hails test firing of Agni V

  Telugu Desam Party President N Chandrababu Naidu hailed the successful maiden test flight of Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Agni-V today.

• Prime Minister hails test firing of Agni V

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today hailed the test firing of Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile Agni V saying that this represented another milestone in India's quest to add to the credibility of its security and preparedness.

• 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...

• Agni V test launch: It's a major milestone, says AK Antony

  Defence Minister A K Antony today described the maiden test flight of Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Agni V 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 Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) C...

• Agni V, India's first ICBM, successfully test-fired

  Agni V, India's first ICBM, successfully test-fired: India has successfully test-fired Agni-V, its first Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). The missile was launched from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast at 8:05 this morning. The test launch was originally scheduled for Wednesday, but was postponed due ...

• ICBM Agni-V's launch put off till Thursday due to bad weather

  The high-profile launch of India's first Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), Agni-V, was postponed on Wednesday due to bad weather. Sources say the missile will now be launched on Thursday morning.