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DRDO says single missile can strike multiple strategic targets independently across a vast geographical area in the Indian Ocean Region

NEW DELHI: The defence ministry on Saturday confirmed that India had successfully conducted a flight-trial of an advanced Agni missile with the multip.

The test was conducted on Friday during which the DRDL achieved a run time of over 1,200 seconds at its state-of-the-art Scramjet Connect Pipe Test Facility. This, the DRDO said, is a major advancement towards the hypersonic missile programme of the country.

With this successful trial, India once again demonstrated the capability to target multiple strategic targets using a single missile system.

Agni missile: The MIRV feature allows a single missile to deploy multiple warheads at different targets, significantly enhancing strategic strike capability.

The technology is considered critical for hypersonic missile development because active cooling enables the weapon system to withstand extreme temperatures while travelling at very high speeds over long distances.

The multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV) feature ensures that a single missile can deploy multiple war heads at different locations

For years, India's missile programme was shaped by one reality that its main security challenges came from adversaries closer to its own borders, name.

More than two years ago, on March 11, 2024 the MoD had said it had carried out the first successful flight test of the indigenously developed Agni-5 missile with MIRV technology.

India successfully tested the Agni-5 MIRV missile from Odisha, boosting its ability to strike multiple targets with a single nuclear-capable weapon.| India News