Agni-3 Missile

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Recently the Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile ‘Agni-3’ was successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, Odisha.

About Agni-3 Missile

• It is an indigenously developed intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM).
• It is a surface-to-surface ballistic missile.
• It is one of the sophisticated and accurate missiles of its class and has already been inducted into the armed forces.

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Features of Agni-3 Missile

• The missile is two-stage and solid-fuelled, capable of carrying a 1,500 kg payload.
• Range: 3,000–3,500 km
• It is designed primarily as a nuclear delivery system, with an estimated warhead yield of 200–300 kilotons.
• The missile measures 16.7 metres in length, 2 metres in diameter and has a launch weight of 48,300 kg.
• It uses a strapdown inertial navigation system (INS) supported by GPS, giving it an accuracy of around 40 metres circular error probable (CEP). 
• Its first stage uses a maraging steel motor case, while the second stage employs a carbon-fibre motor case, both featuring thrust vector control systems for improved accuracy and stability.
• Due to its high range of circular error probable (CEP), the Agni-3 missile is known as one of the world’s most accurate strategic ballistic missiles of its range class.

Source: PIB