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Article: India's Agni IRBM heads for service.(India's Agri II, intermediate range ballistic missile)(Brief Article)
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- Interavia Business & Technology
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- February 1, 2001
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India's Agni-2 Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) made another successful test flight on January 17. According to the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) which spearheaded the design and development of Agni, this multi-stage missile with a range of 2000km and a solid propulsion system was tested in its final "operation configuration" implying that its design has been frozen. The significance of the test of Agni-2, which is capable of carrying a one tonne conventional or nuclear warhead lies in its linkage with the Pokhran nuclear blasts of 1998. While the Pokhran nuclear blasts, which triggered American sanctions, gave India a capacity to design ...
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... ... 000 to 2,500 kms surface-to-surface Agni II missile has become operational, its shorter range Pakistan specific Agni-I is yet to be handed over to the army. For the third time in a row the Agni-II missile would be on display at the annual ...
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