TRIAL OF AGNI II MISSILE

TRIAL OF AGNI II MISSILE

Recently India conductsed successfully the first trial of Agni II missile from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast.

The entire trajectory of the trial was tracked by a battery of sophisticated radars, telemetry observation stations, electro-optic instruments and two naval ships located near Bay of Bengal.

Agni-2 :

It is versatile surface-to-surface medium range nuclear capable ballistic missile.

Agni-II' was developed by Advanced Systems Laboratory along with other DRDO laboratories and integrated by the Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad.

The 20-metre long two stage ballistic missile has a launch weight of 17 tonnes.

It can carry a payload of 1000kg over a distance of 2000km.

The two stage missile equipped with advanced high accuracy navigation system, was guided by a novel state-of- the-art command and control system

It is propelled by solid rocket propellant system.

Chronology of Agni-II trial:

The first testfiring of the proto type of Agni-II missile was carried out on April 11, 1999.

On May 17 2010, the trial of nuclear-capable Agni-II ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 km was conducted by the Special Strategic Command Force (SSCF) from the .

The last trial was conducted on February 20, 2018 from the same base.

Agni series:

The Agni series of ballistic missiles was developed under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) of the DRDO.

'Agni-II' is part of the Agni series of missiles which includes Agni-I with a 700 km range, Agni-III with a 3,000 km range, Agni-IV and Agni-V both having long range capabilities.

the Agni missile in 1989 has its new restrictions were placed by the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) (then an informal group consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

To counter the MTCR, the IGMDP (Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme) team formed a new team consisting of DRDO laboratories, industries and academic institutions.

Missile Technology Control Regime

It was established in April 1987 by G-7 countries – USA, UK, France, Germany, Canada, Italy, and Japan.

Objective: To check the spread of unmanned delivery systems capable of carrying nuclear weapons of above 500kg for more than 300km.

It strengthened by “The International Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation”, also known as the Hague Code of Conduct, which was established on 25 November 2002.