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BBallistic missiles
Medium-range ballistic missile (Agni-I, Agni-II, Agni Prime) Intermediate-range ballistic missile (Agni-III, Agni-IV) Intercontinental ballistic missile (Agni-V, Agni VI)
At a glance
Measured figures
Length
Single source7.3 m (24 ft)[source]
Agni-I
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | 9K720 Iskander | Agni (missile) |
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| Type | Short-range ballistic missile[source] | Medium-range ballistic missile (Agni-I, Agni-II, Agni Prime) Intermediate-range ballistic missile (Agni-III, Agni-IV) Intercontinental ballistic missile (Agni-V, Agni VI)[source] |
| Place of origin | Russia[source] | India[source] |
| In service | 2006–present[source] | Active[source] |
| Used by | Russian Ground Forces Armenian Armed Forces Algerian People's National Army Armed Forces of Belarus[source] |
Agni-II
Single sourceAgni-III
Single sourceAgni-IV
Single sourceAgni-P
Single sourceAgni-V
Single source15 m (Agni-I) 21 m (Agni-II) 17 m (Agni-III) 20 m (Agni-IV) 17.5 m (Agni-V) 10.5 m(Agni-P)[source]
Mass
Single source3,800 kg (8,400 lb)[source]
Agni-I
Single sourceAgni-II
Single sourceAgni III
Single sourceAgni-IV
Single sourceAgni P
Single sourceAgni-V
Single sourceAgni VI
Single source12,000 kg (Agni-I) 16,000 kg (Agni-II) 50,000 kg (Agni III) 17,000 kg (Agni-IV) 50,000 kg (Agni-V) 55,000 kg (Agni VI) 11,000 kg (Agni P)[source]
Operational; for Iskander-M
Single source400–500 km (250–310 mi) for Iskander-M[source]
Operational; Agni-I
Single sourceOperational; Agni-II
Single sourceOperational; Agni-III
Single sourceOperational; Agni-IV
Single sourceOperational; Agni Prime
Single sourceOperational; Agni-V
Single sourceOperational; Agni VI
Single source700–1,200 km (Agni-I) 1,000–2,000 km (Agni Prime) 2,000–3,500 km (Agni-II) 3,000–5,000 km (Agni-III) 3,500–4,000 km (Agni-IV) 7,000–8,000 km (Agni-V) 11,000–12,000 km (Agni VI)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
India[source] |
| Wars | Russo-Georgian War Syrian Civil War Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Russo-Ukrainian war[source] | — |
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| Designed | From 1988[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Missiles: Votkinsk Plant State Production Association ( Votkinsk ) Ground equipment: Production Association Barricades ( Volgograd ) System developer: KBM ( Kolomna )[source] | Bharat Dynamics Limited[source] |
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| Unit cost | US$3 million (missile)[source] | — |
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| Warhead | 480–700 kg (1,060–1,540 lb) thermonuclear weapon , high-explosive fragmentation, submunition , penetration, fuel–air explosive , EMP[source] | Conventional high explosive -unitary, penetration, cluster munitions , incendiary weapon , thermobaric , strategic nuclear weapon[source] |
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| Engine | Single-stage solid propellant[source] | Composite rocket motor[source] |
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| Guidance system | Iskander-M : INS + GLONASS + DSMAC Iskander-K : INS + GLONASS + TERCOM[source] | Mid-course: Ring laser gyro inertial navigation system with GPS / NavIC satellite guidance Terminal: Imaging infrared homing , radar scene correlation, active radar homing[source] |
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| Launch platform | Mobile transporter erector launcher[source] | Road/Rail mobile[source] |
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| 9P78 | P78 launcher: 2[source] | — |
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| 9T250 | 250 transloader: 2[source] | — |
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| Designer | — | Defence Research and Development Organisation[source] |
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| Propellant | — | Solid fuel[source] |
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| Flight altitude | — | 300 km (Agni-I) 230 km (Agni-II), 350 km (Agni-III)[source] |
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| Reported operators |
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