India conducts flight trial of advanced variant of Agni missile

India has successfully carried out a flight test of an advanced Agni missile featuring multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle MIRV off the coast of Odisha. India conducted the successful flight-trial of an advanced Agni missile with Multiple Independently Targeted Re-Entry Vehicle MIRV system from APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha on May 8, it said.

India has successfully carried out a flight test of an advanced Agni missile featuring multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV) off the coast of Odisha. The MIRV feature ensures that a single missile can deploy multiple war heads at different locations. The missile system was tested on Friday, according to the defence ministry. ''India conducted the successful flight-trial of an advanced Agni missile with Multiple Independently Targeted Re-Entry Vehicle (MIRV) system from APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha on May 8,'' it said. The missile was flight-tested with multiple payloads, targeted to different targets spatially distributed over a large geographical area in the Indian Ocean Region, it added.