May 12, 2026, 6:02 pm
The Agni 5 is India’s most potent missile. But now an even more lethal variant of the missile has come to the fore.
On May 8, the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and the Indian Army conducted a test of the latest variant of the Agni-5 ballistic missile, configured with Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle (MIRV) payloads. During the trial, a single missile deployed three warheads, each striking separate targets dispersed across an area of approximately 200 km (125 miles) following a flight of roughly 2,900 km (1,800 miles). The test has been done in a lofted trajectory.
The missile ascended beyond the Earth’s atmosphere to an optimal altitude — the exact parameters of which remain classified — before releasing its warheads. The reentry vehicles subsequently descended toward their designated targets at hypersonic speeds.
With this achievement, the country has joined a select group of nations possessing operational MIRV technology, including the United States, Russia, China, France, and the United Kingdom.
In this video, Defense Updates analyzes how MIRV enabled Agni 5 is set to upgrade India’s nuclear deterrence posture ?
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0:00 TITLE
00:11 INTRODUCTION
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02:05 AGNI 5 OVERVIEW
03:07 CAPABLITIES
06:02 Advance version with MIRV
07:45 ANALYSIS
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