Costing Rs 500 billion, the INS Vishal will be the Indian military's single most expensive defence platform.
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The missile is capable of intercepting incoming targets at an altitude of 15 to 25 km was launched against multiple simulated targets of 1,500 km class ballistic missile.
A key feature of the satellite is providing mobile communication to India through multi beam coverage facility.
Many new technologies developed indigenously were successfully tested in the Agni-5 trial.
The missile has a strike range of more than 2,000 km.
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Prithvi-II is capable of carrying 500-1,000 kilogram of warheads and is thrusted by liquid propulsion twin engines.
Describing the trial a "complete success", sources said that all the mission objectives were met during the test.
'The INS Vishal -- a 65,000 tonne giant with 54 aircraft, including fighters, electronic warfare aircraft, airborne command posts and anti-submarine helicopters -- can both protect and dominate,' says Ajai Shukla.
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"It was a direct hit and grand success," defence sources said after the test launch.
The state-of-the-art indigenous missile targeting an UAV 'Banshee', was fired from the launch complex-III of the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near Balasore on Tuesday afternoon.
The Agni-V can reach beyond Tibet to high-value targets in the Chinese heartland, even its northern-most provinces.
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Designed to be a quick reaction missile, it has a strike range of 25 km to 30 km.
The satellite would provide a thrust to mobile communication through multi-beam coverage facility, the ISRO said.
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The Prithvi-II missile is capable of carrying 500 kg to 1,000 kg of warheads and is thrusted by liquid propulsion twin engines.
This the second time that the missile has been test-fired in less than a month and is part of an effort to put in place a multi-layer missile defence system.
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The sleek missile having 4000 km strike range is a two stage missile. It is 20 metre-long weighing 17 tonnes.
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The surface-to-surface missile, powered by solid propellants, was test-fired from a mobile launcher at 10.10 am from launch pad-4 of the Integrated Test Range at Abdul Kalam Island (Wheeler Island), defence officials said.
The missiles were randomly chosen from the production stock and the entire launch activities were carried out by the specially formed strategic force command and monitored by the scientists of Defence Research and Development Organisation as part of training exercise, a defence scientist said.
UAVs are an intrinsic part of today's technology driven battlefield. Indians don't seem to be taking the challenge with the degree of urgency that is required, says Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd).
Stress, Wi-Fi signals and alcohol can have a negative effect.
The state-of-the-art advanced missile, a product of joint venture between India and Israel.
Infrastructure stocks are once again gaining traction.
Powering the Agni-1P will be the cutting-edge technologies developed for the Agni-4 and Agni-5 missiles.
Beyond the British and Russian strands interwoven into the Indian Navy's equipment profile and the strong drive towards indigenisation evident today, its future in aircraft carriers appears increasingly linked with America.
A truly 'made in India' satellite that will empower a digital India.
The space agency launched 104 satellites, breaking the previous record of 37 by Russia.
Inducted into Indian armed forces in 2003, the nine-metre-tall, single-stage liquid-fueled Prithvi II is the first missile to be developed by DRDO under India's prestigious Integrated Guided Missile Development Program.
Reacting to the recent supersonic interceptor missile test by India, Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan Prime Minister's adviser on Foreign Affairs, has said that Islamabad will acquire advanced technology to improve its defence and will also raise the matter at the international arena.
The interceptor is a 7.5-metre long single stage solid rocket propelled guided missile equipped with a navigation system, a hi-tech computer and an electro-mechanical activator, the DRDO sources said.
Even without a sanctioned government project for the Agni-6, it seems inevitable that the Agni-5, over the next few years, will organically evolve into an ICBM with improved technologies and capabilities.
India on Monday successfully test-fired its indigenously built nuclear-capable intermediate range Agni-I ballistic missile, capable of hitting a target 700 km away, from a test range off Odisha coast as part of a user trial by the Army.
The missile test was carried out from a mobile launcher from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range at about 10 am, defence officials said.
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