India’s long‐range ballistic missile Agni‐V is warming up for a canister‐style development trial launch in the next one month. The Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) newly‐appointed Chief Controller R&D (Missiles & Strategic Systems) Dr V G Sekaran confirmed to Express that all preparations for the second trial Of the 5,000 ‐km‐plus missile are in place. “We are ready, but need to get some clearances as these are all linked to the policies of government. The early induction of Agni‐V tops my list of priorities. The Agni‐V user deliverables should happen next year,” Dr Sekaran said. The missile had its maiden launch in April 2012. He said the Agni‐IV (4,000 km strike range) will cross the last mile with another launch before it enters the production mode. “Our emphasis will be to equip the user at the earliest and iron out all issues at lightning speed. On the tactical side, we have the Akash missile systems, LR‐SAM (Long Range‐Surface to Air Missile) and Nag coming up in a big way. Simultaneously, the futuristic systems will all get converted into projects,” the top missile scientist said.
Source: Indian Express
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