{"id":7603,"date":"2026-02-07T11:47:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T06:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=7603"},"modified":"2026-02-07T15:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T10:22:25","slug":"agni-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/agni-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Agni-3 Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Agni-3 Missile Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently the Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile \u2018Agni-3\u2019 was successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, Odisha.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Agni-3 Missile<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an indigenously developed <\/span><b>intermediate-range <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ballistic-missiles\/\" target=\"_blank\">ballistic missile<\/a> (IRBM).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>surface-to-surface<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ballistic missile.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the <\/span><b>sophisticated and accurate missiles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of its class and has already been <\/span><b>inducted into the armed forces.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of Agni-3 Missile<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile <\/span><b>is two-stage and solid-fuelled<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, capable of <\/span><b>carrying a 1,500 kg payload.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Range:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 3,000\u20133,500 km<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is designed <\/span><b>primarily as a nuclear delivery system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with an estimated warhead yield of 200\u2013300 kilotons.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile measures 16.7 metres in length, 2 metres in diameter and has a launch weight of 48,300 kg.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It uses a <\/span><b>strapdown inertial navigation system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (INS) supported by GPS, giving it an accuracy of around <\/span><b>40 metres circular error probable<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (CEP).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its first stage uses a <\/span><b>maraging steel motor case<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while the second stage employs a <\/span><b>carbon-fibre motor case<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, both featuring thrust vector control systems for improved accuracy and stability.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to its high range of circular error probable (CEP), the Agni-3 missile is known as one of the world&#8217;s most <\/span><b>accurate strategic ballistic missiles of its range class.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2224636&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agni-3 Missile is an indigenously developed intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM). 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