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Thursday, October 23, 2008

Agni-V to be ready by 2010

Indian defence scientists have embarked on Project Agni-V to develop a long-range missile by the year 2010, which can strike targets over 5,000 km, programme director of Agni weapon systems, Avinash Chander said on Wednesday.

“After the success of Agni-III, which is ready for induction, we have started working on Agni-V. It will be a three-stage, all composite, solid propellant fuelled and advanced version in the Agni class of ballistic missiles with a range of over 5,000 km.

The development process has already begun and in the next two years, the weapon system should be ready,” Chander said.

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