Short-Range Ballistic Missile Agni-I: On Thursday night, the Indian army successfully conducted a flight test of the short-range ballistic missile Agni-I from a defence station off the coast of Odisha, verifying both its operational and technical parameters.
According to defence sources, the strategic missile test was conducted by the armed forces’ Strategic Forces Command (SFC) from APJ Abdul Kalam Island in full operational configuration as part of a user training exercise.
With logistical assistance from DRDO, the missile was tested and fired from a mobile launcher. For the user trial, a single missile was chosen at random from a large batch of missiles in the production lot.
Short Range Ballistic Missile Agni-I
“The Agni-I short-range ballistic missile training launch was successfully completed. The Ministry of Defence said in a statement that “the user training launch successfully validated all operational and technical parameters.”
The Agni-I missile, which was created as part of the DRDO’s Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (lGMDP), is a tried-and-true system that can hit targets extremely accurately. Five of the Agni series’ six missiles have been put into service thus far.
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Agni-V can target objects over 5,000 km distant, whereas Agni-I has a range of 700 km. Agni Prime, Agni-II, Agni-III, and Agni-IV have respective ranges of 1500 km, 2,000 km, 3,500 km, and 4,000 km.
According to defence authorities, Agni-I’s manoeuvrability and re-entry technology have significantly improved since the aircraft’s initial test. The test reaffirmed the technical criteria specified for the user, since the missile has already been accepted into the army.
Its height is only 15 metres, and it is propelled by both liquid and solid propellants, giving it a speed of 2.5 km/s, less than that of its longer-range brethren. The missile can carry 1,000 kg of conventional or nuclear payloads and weighs roughly 12 tonnes.
2014 saw the successful completion of the first night trial across its entire 700 km range, following two unsuccessful efforts marred by technical issues. The missile system has seen numerous upgrades since then.
