Agni Missiles

Recently, training launch of Short-Range Ballistic Missile ‘Agni-1’ was carried out successfully from APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha.

It is a family of medium to long-range surface-to-air ballistic missile.
Design and development – Defence Research and Development organisation (DRDO)
Umbrella program – Integrated Guided Missile Program (IGMP)
Operated by – Strategic Forces Command (SFC), a key tri-services formation that administers all the strategic assets and falls under the Nuclear Command Authority of India.
Purpose - To act as deterrence & meet the country’s security requirements.

Agni-I is the 1^st in the series which was tested in 1989.

Missile	Range (Km)	Features
Agni-I	Medium Range (700-1200)	Customised weapon load Have high degree of precision
Agni-P	Medium Range (1000-2000)	2-stage canister missile India’s 1^st Multiple Independently targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) missile Launch from train or road
Agni-II	Medium Range (2000-2500)	Nuclear capable Night operable
Agni-III	Intermediate Range (Up to 3500)	Can target Pakistan and China
Agni-IV	Intermediate (3500-4000)	Launch from road mobile launcher
Agni-V	Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (>5500)	India’s 1^st ICBM Night capable
Agni-VI	Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (8000-10000)	Under development Launch from land and submarine

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