India successfully test nuclear-capable Agni V long range missile on sunday

India’s first long-range nuclear capable missile, Agni-V, was launched on
Sundayfor the second time in Odisha,from Wheeler Island at 8:50 am on
Sunday. It is the country's most potent nuclear capable ballistic, long range
(5,000 km range)  missile.
The missile has the capability to strike targets that are deep inside China
and Pakistan.
It will also make India capable of striking a one-tonne nuclear warhead anywhere
in China and as far as Europe.
Only the UN Security Council permanent members - China, France, Russia,
the United States and Britain - have such long-range weapons.
This is the second test for this missile which is successfull and the first test was
conducted on 19 April, 2012 which was a total success.
It is about 17 meter long and 2 metres wide with launch weight of around 50 tonnes.
Many new technologies developed indigenously were successfully tested in the first
Agni-V trial. The redundant navigation systems, very high accuracy Ring Laser
Gyro based Inertial Navigation System (RINS) and the most modern and accurate
Micro Navigation System (MINS) had ensured the missile reach the target point within
a few meters of accuracy.
The surface-to-surface missile, which can carry a nuclear warhead of more than one
tonne, witnessed an 'auto launch' and detail results of the trial will be known after
thorough analyses of all data retrieved from different radars and network systems,
they said:
"Unlike other missiles of indigenously built Agni series, the latest one 'AGNI-V'
is the most advanced version having some new technologies incorporated with it
in terms of navigation and guidance, warhead and engine.
In the Agni series, India at present has Agni-1 with 700 km range, Agni-2 with
2000 km range, Agni-3 and Agni-4 with 2500 km to more than 3500 range.
Agni-V will be inducted into the services very soon-sources