Launch of the Agni V | |
Type | Intercontinental ballistic missile |
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Place of origin | India |
Service history | |
In service | 2016-Current |
Used by | Strategic Forces Command |
Production history | |
Designer | Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) |
Manufacturer | Bharat Dynamics Limited |
Unit cost | ₹50 crore (US$7 million) |
Specifications | |
Weight | 50,000 kg |
Length | 17.5 m |
Diameter | 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) |
Warhead | Nuclear |
Warhead weight | 1,500 kilograms (3,300 lb) |
Engine | Three stage solid fuel |
Operational
range | Over 5,000 kilometres (3,100 mi) Upto 8,000 kilometres (5,000 mi) |
Speed | Mach 24 (terminal phase) |
Guidance
system | Ring laser gyroscope and inertial navigation system, optionally augmented by GPS/IRNSS. Terminal guidance with possibleradar scene correlation |
Steering
system | flex-nozzle Thrust vectoring(all stages) |
Accuracy | less than 10 m |
Launch
platform | 8 × 8 Tatra TEL and rail mobile launcher (canisterised missile package) |
Transport | Road or rail mobile |
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