India successfully test-fired an Agni-5 missile, which has the capability to deploy multiple warheads and has a range of 5,000+ km, effectively bringing the northern most part of China within striking distance.
The test was named Divyastra and by doing it successfully, India has joined a select club comprising the US, the UK, Russia, France and China that have the capacity to deploy multiple warheads under the MIRV (Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles) technology.
The technology makes a missile capable of carrying and delivering multiple warheads at one or multiple targets. Designed by the DRDO, the Agni-5 missile is a canister-launched system transported by truck. The Agni-5 is an intercontinental surface-to-surface ballistic missile It can carry a payload of 1.5 tons and weighs around 50 tons.
My take
Yet another step toward becoming a superpower!
Tailpiece.
Got up at our usual time, the chores and was ready by 10.
Drove down to town to do my work and topped up the Chevy with fuel and check tyre pressure.
Met Dr Rani Menon, the ophthalmologist to have my right eye checked. Both eyes are healthy, she said but has given me drops to administer on both the eyes, to overcome dryness, if it were to come by.
A quiet evening.
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