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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Agni V: Will It Enhance India’s Deterrence Against China?

Agni VIndia’s Defence Research and Development Agency (DRDO) recently declared that it would be testing, for the first time, a 5000 km range Agni V missile by February 2012.

It is construed to be a major leap in the country’s missile capability, over and above the 3000 km range Agni III missile that has already been accepted for induction into the armed forces, and Agni IV that has also been tested successfully.

Together, these missiles are supposed to give a new meaning to India’s deterrence against China, since the new missiles, once operationally deployed, can reach distant but strategically important Chinese cities like Shanghai.

But will the new feat in India’s armory dilute its ‘security dilemma’ against China?

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