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Security Agni V, next goal of DRDO Agni V would be a three-stage, all composite, solid propellant fuelled and advanced version in the Agni Class of Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles. Most of the systems for the Agni V would be from Agni III. 
Top flight: The Programme Director, Agni, and Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory, Mr Avinash Chander, at a press meet in Hyderabad on Friday. — Our Bureau Hyderabad, May 9 Indian defence scientists have embarked on Project Agni V, to develop a long range missile that can strike targets upto 5000 kms. “The development process has already begun and in the next two years, the design should be ready”, said Mr Avinash Chander, Programme Director of Agni. Buoyed by the success of Agni III, which the defence scientists said was ready for induction, Mr Chander said Agni V would be a three-stage, all composite, solid propellant fuelled and advanced version in the Agni Class of Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBMs). Most of the systems for the Agni V would be from Agni III. They have to be scaled up. However, it would be a new design and has to go through the entire rigour. The design to delivery in missile is around seven years, he explained. Agni series The DRDO has demonstrated Agni I (700 kms), Agni II (upto 2000 kms) and now Agni-III (beyond 3000 kms), with capability to carry both conventional and nuclear warheads in a span of two decades. The DRDO has also embarked on projects that envisage putting multiple warheads on missiles, so that they become versatile in their fire power and damage capability. The missile complex in Hyderabad consisting of the Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), Research Centre Imarat (RCI) and the Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) will play a leading role in the development of all the advanced missiles. Work is also under way to provide missiles with the capability to have counter measures against anti-ballistic missiles and futuristic missile systems, Mr Chander, who is also Director of ASL, told newspersons here today. On Agni III, which was successfully tested on Wednesday, Dr Chander said “It has totally validated the design, systems, technologies, components and also we have the capacity to simulate and recreate all the parameters for checking. This gives us the confidence that no more development flights are required”. Test-flight“Early 2008, we will have a test-flight by the user, the Indian Army for familiarisation, before the process of induction can begin. The May 7 flight has met the user demands as well as the integrated safety and security systems,” explained Dr V.G. Sekaran, Project Director of Agni III. The Agni III missile is 100 per cent indigenous as far as technology, systems and sub-systems are concerned and to a very large extent the components and raw materials are coming from Indian industry, he added. Agni-III ready for induction into Defence forces Agni-1 fully operational after test-fire success Missile power More Stories on : Security | Science & Technology
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