NEW DELHI: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
on Monday hailed the
Mission Divyastra
, India’s first flight test of indigenously developed
Agni-5 missile
.
In a social media post on X, the Prime Minister hailed DRDO scientists for Mission Divyastra.
“Proud of our DRDO scientists for Mission Divyastra, the first flight test of indigenously developed Agni-5 missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology,” PM
Modi
said.
India today tested the first flight test of indigenously developed Agni-5 missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology
This will ensure that a single missile can deploy multiple war heads at different locations.
The project director is a woman and has significant women contribution.
With the test of Mission Divyastra, India has joined the select group of nations who have MIRV capability.
This system is equipped with indigenous Avionics systems and high accuracy sensor packages, which ensured that the re-entry vehicles reached the target points within the desired accuracy. The capability is an enunciator of India’s growing technological prowess.