India Joins Elite List With Mission Divyastra: Nations That Have MIRV Tech

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated the scientists of Defence Research and Development Organisation for the first flight test of a made-in-India Agni-5 missile, capable of deploying multiple warheads.

India has joined the select group of nations with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle or MIRV technology with the first flight test of Mission Divyastra. Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated the scientists of Defence Research and Development Organisation for the first flight test of a made-in-India Agni-5 missile, capable of deploying multiple warheads. Proud of our DRDO scientists for Mission Divyastra, the first flight test of indigenously developed Agni-5 missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology.

"Proud of our DRDO scientists for Mission Divyastra, the first flight test of indigenously developed Agni-5 missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology," PM Modi posted on 'X'.

The project director is a woman and it has a significant contribution from women, sources told NDTV. The weapon system is equipped with indigenous avionics systems and high-accuracy sensor packages which ensured that the re-entry vehicles reached the target points within the desired accuracy, they said.