Deterrence 7 Things You Need To Know About India's Most Formidable Missile, Agni-V

[bigheadfred]

India has tested its Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in its final operational configuration from Wheeler Island off Odisha on Monday. Here is what you need to know about our most formidable missile yet.

Agni-V

Reuters

1. Reach
The nuclear-capable Agni-V, can even reach the northernmost parts of China with a strike range of over 5,000-km. The ICBM is in fact designed for deterrence against China.

http://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/7-things-you-need-to-know-about-india-s-most-formidable-missile-agni-v-268172.html

[Quix]

India has tested its Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in its final operational configuration from Wheeler Island off Odisha on Monday. Here is what you need to know about our most formidable missile yet.

Agni-V

Reuters

1. Reach
The nuclear-capable Agni-V, can even reach the northernmost parts of China with a strike range of over 5,000-km. The ICBM is in fact designed for deterrence against China.

http://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/7-things-you-need-to-know-about-india-s-most-formidable-missile-agni-v-268172.html

Good for them.

I guess.

Certainly China needs limits. India seems like the  most likely to provide some with any teeth . . . depending on how Russia sees China likely to behave.

[Fishrrman]

They may have been designed to reach and deter China, but I believe that someday they will just about all be launched against Pakistan...

[bigheadfred]

That is the plan.

[geronl]

I wasn't aware India had enemies on other continents

[bigheadfred]

I wasn't aware India had enemies on other continents

It is an Inner China Ballistic Missile that will reach Outer Mongolia.

[geronl]

It is an Inner China Ballistic Missile that will reach Outer Mongolia.

lol