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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) | R-17 Elbrus |
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| 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] | Short-range ballistic missile[source] |
| Place of origin | India[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | Active[source] | 1962−present[source] |
| Used by | India[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 source11.2−11.4 m (37 ft)[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 source5,682–5,950 kg (12,527–13,118 lb)[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]
Maximum; Maximum firing range
Single sourceOperational; full load
Single sourceBars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
See operators[source] |
| Designer | Defence Research and Development Organisation[source] | Viktor Makeyev[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Bharat Dynamics Limited[source] | Votkinsk Machine Building Plant[source] |
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| Warhead | Conventional high explosive -unitary, penetration, cluster munitions , incendiary weapon , thermobaric , strategic nuclear weapon[source] | HE , cluster , chemical , nuclear[source] |
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| Engine | Composite rocket motor[source] | Isayev/KBKhM 9D21 liquid (missile) D-12-525A diesel (TEL)[source] |
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| Propellant | Solid fuel[source] | TM-185 ( kerosene derivative) / AK-27I (27% N 2 O 4 73% HNO 3 )[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] | — |
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| Launch platform | Road/Rail mobile[source] | 9P117M TEL[source] |
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| Wars | — | Yom Kippur War Iran-Iraq War Soviet-Afghan War Gulf war Yemeni civil war (1994) Libyan civil war Syrian civil war Yemeni civil war (2014–present) 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1958−1961[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | US$1,000,000 (equivalent to US$ 2,722,285 in 2025)[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1959 −1987[source] |
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| No. built | — | 7,000−10,000 (est.)[source] |
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| Variants | — | See variants[source] |
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| Ground clearance | — | 440 mm (17 in)[source] |
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| Accuracy | — | 450–900 m (490–980 yd) CEP[source] |
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| Former operator · Afghanistan | — | Afghanistan[source] |
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| Former operator · Azerbaijan | — | Azerbaijan[source] |
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| Former operator · Belarus | — | Belarus[source] |
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| Former operator · Czechoslovakia | — | Czechoslovakia[source] |
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| Former operator · Czech Republic | — | Czech Republic[source] |
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| Former operator · Georgia | — | Georgia[source] |
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| Former operator · East Germany | — | East Germany[source] |
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| Former operator · Hungary | — | Hungary[source] |
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| Former operator · Iran | — | Iran[source] |
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| Former operator · Iraq | — | Iraq[source] |
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| Former operator · Kazakhstan | — | Kazakhstan[source] |
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| Former operator · Libya | — | Libya[source] |
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| Former operator · Poland | — | Poland[source] |
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| Former operator · Romania | — | Romania[source] |
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| Former operator · Russia | — | Russia[source] |
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| Former operator · Slovakia | — | Slovakia[source] |
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| Former operator · Soviet Union | — | Soviet Union[source] |
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| Former operator · Ukraine | — | Ukraine[source] |
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| Former operator · Yemen | — | Yemen[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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