(THE GIST OF PIB) Agni Prime Missile

(June-2023)

Agni Prime Missile

• Recently, New Generation Ballistic Missile ‘Agni Prime’ was successfully flight-tested by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island.

About Agni Prime Missile:

• It is a short-range ballistic missile that will have a range of 1000 km to 1500 km.
• It is a surface to a surface missile that can carry a payload of around 1,000 Kg or a nuclear warhead.
• It incorporates new propulsion systems and composite rocket motor
  casings as well as advanced navigation and guidance systems.

What is a ballistic missile?

• Ballistic Missiles are launched directly into the upper layers of the earth’s atmosphere.

• They travel outside the atmosphere, where the warhead detaches from the missile and falls towards a predetermined target.
• They are rocket-propelled self-guided weapons systems which can carry conventional or nuclear munitions. They can be launched from aircraft, ships and submarines, and land.

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