Team News Riveting
New Delhi, March 11
India on Monday tested Mission Divyastra — the first flight test of indigenously developed Agni-5 missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology.
The development is seen as a major boost to its military might in the midst of the eastern Ladakh row. The launch will ensure that a single missile can deploy multiple warheads at different locations.
The Project Director of Agni 5, Tessy Thomas, is a woman. The mission will alter India’s geopolitical position has significant women’s contribution. Tessy is a native of Alappuzha in Kerala. Tessy Thomas joined the Defence Research and Development Organisation in 1988,[12] where she worked on the design and developments of the new generation ballistic missile, Agni. She was appointed by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam for the Agni Project.
“With the test of Mission Divyastra, India has joined the select group of nations who have MIRV (multiple independently targetable rented vehicles) capability. “This system is equipped with indigenous Avionics systems and high accuracy sensor packages, which ensured that the re-entry vehicles reached the target points within the desired accuracy. The capability is an enunciator of India’s growing technological prowess,” government sources said.
The Agni-5, with a range of 5,000 km, is developed considering the long-term security needs of the country. The missile can bring almost the entire Asia including the northernmost part of China as well as some regions in Europe under its striking range. The Agni 1 to 4 missiles have ranges from 700 km to 3,500 km and have already been deployed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated DRDO scientists over the first flight test of Agni-5 missile.
“Proud of our DRDO scientists for Mission Divyastra, the first flight test of indigenously developed Agni-5 missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology,” Modi said on ‘X’.
