First Night trial of surface-to-surface medium-range missile Agni-II 19/11/2019 – Posted in: Daily News – Tags: Bharat Dynamics Limited, Post Boost Vehicle, Re-entry Vehicle
AGNI-II
India has successfully conducted the first night trial of Agni-II, its versatile surface-to-surface medium-range nuclear-capable missile.
- Agni-II is an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM). The two-stage ballistic missile can carry a payload of 1000 kg over a distance of 2000 km.
- The Agni-II is always in a ready-to-fire mode and can be launched within 15 minutes. The Agni-II is designed to be launched from a rail-mobile launcher, but it is also available in the road-mobile configuration.
- The Agni-II with two solid-fuel stages and a Post Boost Vehicle (PBV) integrated into the missile’s Re-entry Vehicle (RV). The Agni’s manoeuvring RV is made of a carbon-carbon composite material that is light and able to sustain high thermal stresses of re-entry, in a variety of trajectories.
- Agni-II was developed by Advanced Systems Laboratory along with other DRDO laboratories and integrated by Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad.
- Guidance System includes Ring laser gyroscope- INS (Inertial Navigation System), optionally augmented by GPS terminal guidance with possible radar scene correlation, (latest version with active radar homing).
Source: News on Air
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