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The Hindu
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National
Dinakar Peri

With Agni V test, India makes the MIRV leap

The story so far: On March 11, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on social media the successful flight test of an Agni V ballistic missile with multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV) technology by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) under ‘Mission Divyastra’. It placed India in a small group of countries with this technology, by which a single missile can deliver multiple nuclear warheads.

What are MIRVs and why are they significant?

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