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ABallistic 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
Agni-I
Single sourceAgni-II
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Agni (missile) | ATACMS |
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| Speed | 24 Mach (Agni-V)[source] | Supersonic, in excess of Mach 3 (0.6 mi/s; 1.0 km/s)[source] |
| Type | 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] | Rocket artillery Tactical ballistic missile[source] |
| Place of origin | India[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | Active[source] |
Agni-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]
Length
Single source13 feet (4.0 m)[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]
Mass
Single source3,690 pounds (1,670 kg)[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]
Block IA · Range
Single sourceBlock I · Range
Single sourceBars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
1991–present[source] |
| Used by | India[source] | Australia United States South Korea Morocco Romania Greece Turkey Poland Ukraine United Arab Emirates[source] |
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| Designer | Defence Research and Development Organisation[source] | Ling-Temco-Vought[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Bharat Dynamics Limited[source] | Lockheed Martin[source] |
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| Warhead | Conventional high explosive -unitary, penetration, cluster munitions , incendiary weapon , thermobaric , strategic nuclear weapon[source] | Block 1: 950 M74 bomblets Block 1A: 300 M74 bomblets or 470 lb (213 kg) WDU-18/B HE blast/fragmentation unitary warhead or 545 lb (247 kg) WDU-40/B HE blast penetration Block 2: 13 BAT submunitions[source] |
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| Engine | Composite rocket motor[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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| Guidance system | Mid-course: Ring laser gyro inertial navigation system with GPS / NavIC satellite guidance Terminal: Imaging infrared homing , radar scene correlation, active radar homing[source] | GPS-aided inertial navigation guidance[source] |
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| Launch platform | Road/Rail mobile[source] | M270 , HIMARS , GMARS[source] |
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| Wars | — | Gulf War Iraq War Russo-Ukrainian War 2026 Iran war[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1986[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | M39: $820,000 (FY1998) (or ~$1,476,000 FY2022) M57: ~$1,700,000 (FY2021)[source] |
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| No. built | — | 3,700[source] |
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| Flight ceiling | — | 160,000 ft (50 km)[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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Maximum; Maximum firing range
Single sourceQuick Reaction Unitary (QRU) · Range
Single source