Indian Missile News And Discussion

[Bharat_2009]

Agni-5 to fly halfway to Antarctica



http://business-standard.com/india/news/...ca/451876/



Looks like DRDO is trying hard to downplay 3 stages Agni V range to please uncle sam. Nice try. This time it is through Ajay Shukla.



Interesting point to note from the article.





"The DRDO predicts a highly accurate missile, which will strike within a few hundred metres of the designated target, even after travelling 5,000 km. This would allow the operational version of the Agni-5 to carry a smaller nuclear warhead. “Megaton warheads were used when accuracies were low. Now we talk of (accuracy of) a few hundred metres. That allows a smaller warhead, perhaps 150-250 kilotons, to cause substantial damage. We don’t want to cause wanton damage (with megaton warheads),” says Chander."