Agni VI
| Agni-VI | |
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| Type | ICBM |
| Place of origin | India |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) |
| Manufacturer | Bharat Dynamics Limited |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 55,000 - 70,000 kg |
| Length | 20 - 40.00 m |
| Diameter | 2 m |
| Warhead | Nuclear |
| Warhead weight | 3 tonnes |
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| Engine | Four Stage Solid Fuelled |
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Operational
range |
8,000–12,000 kilometres (4,971–7,456 mi) |
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Guidance
system |
Inertial navigation system with Ring laser gyroscope, optionally augmented by IRNSS. Terminal guidance with possible radar scene correlation |
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Launch
platform |
8 x 8 Tatra TEL and rail mobile launcher (canisterised missile package) (Land-based Version) Arihant Class submarine (SLBM version-K6) |
| Transport | Road or rail mobile (land-based variant) Submarine (sea-based variant) |
Agni-VI is an intercontinental ballistic missile being developed by the DRDO for the use of the Indian Armed Forces.
Agni-VI will be a four-stage intercontinental ballistic missile, which is in the hardware development phase, after its design phase was completed. Agni-VI is expected to have Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle as well as Maneuverable reentry vehicle(MaRV). And these maneuverable warheads will give Agni VI an extended range exact figure of which is currently classified. It will be taller than its predecessor Agni V, and is expected to be flight tested by 2017. The government of India is yet to approve the project, although DRDO has completed all calculations and started the engineering work.
It is reported to be the latest and most advanced version among the Agni missiles. According to sources, Agni-VI missile is likely to carry up to 10 MIRV warheads and will have a strike range of 8,000 km to 12,000 km, though DRDO has refused to confirm the missile's range. A senior DRDO scientist was quoted as saying that the new generation Agni-VI missile will be sleeker, easily transportable and would be readily deployed. It will have the capability to be launched from submarine and from land-based launchers.
Till 2009, it was reported that the Government of India had not considered the development of an ICBM with a range of 10,000 km or above. Speculations of an ongoing program for a longer range ICBM resurfaced in 2011. Some reports claimed that the ICBM is already named "Surya" and code named AGNI-VI.
Other reports suggested that New Delhi had not given serious weight to the necessity for an ICBM. DRDO can take up a project to develop India’s ICBM only after permission from the government of India. Since India was not a signatory [1] to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) until 27 June 2016, the Indian missile program was not limited by any treaty commitment to cap the development of ICBM capability. Some media reports had occasionally suggested that, despite India being a non-signatory to MTCR, there is a voluntary moratorium on developing missiles beyond the range of 5,000 km.(India is member of MTCR as of 2016 June) MTCR does not prevent India from developing missiles beyond 5,000Km. MTCR prevents transfer of technology to a different state which will lead to proliferation. The treaty does not differentiate between MTCR signatories and non-MTCR signatories, with respect transfer of technology, or components. However, there is a legal argument that transfer to an MTCR signatory does not lead to proliferation. Technology stays within the MTCR signatories, and export control prevents non-MTCR signatories from obtaining the technology. For example, U.S. domestic law differentiates between technology transfers or exports to MTCR signatories and non-MTCR signatories.
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