India’s successfully to Test – Nuclear Capable Agni-V ICBM

New Delhi: India prides one time with successful launch of Long range intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) on Thursday.  The nuclear capable Agni-V ICBM was fired from eastern state of Odisha at 9:53 local time on Wednesday, Abdul Kalam off the coast island. It was before tested five times over the past six years with most recent test prior to Thursday’s launch in December 2016. The ICBM is displayed during the full dress rehearsal for the annual Republic Day parade 2013 at Rajpath on January 2013.India’s Defense Ministry said the test was a “major boost” to India’s Defense Ministry said the test was a “major boost” to the country’s defense capabilities. That test prompted exasperation from two of New Delhi’s most important continental rivals China and Pakistan. China and Indian’s which seen recent sever issues of border dispute in 2017 following in the western Himalayas.

And given now that the world’s two biggest emerging economies are both equipped with nuclear weapons, observers were fearful of escalating geopolitical tensions. India and Pakistan has time long fight over Kashmir. However the current situation as said by the Federation of American Scientists estimates that India has around 120 to 130 nuclear warheads in its arsenal, while China is believed to possess around 270. Pakistan’s military stockpile is thought to be within the region of 130 to 140.Pakistan has repeatedly expressed concern over India’s development of ICBMs. While senior analyst Shailesh Kumar, for Asia at Eurasia Group, wrote in a blog post Friday that Pakistan’s biggest priority was to “bring India down a peg.” The nuclear-capable missile, believed to be India’s most advanced ICBM, has a range of more than 5,000km, meaning it can strike the vast majority of China and Europe.

The 17-metre tall, two-meter wide sophisticated missile, which can carry a 1.5 tonne nuclear warhead, travelled for 19 minutes and covered 4,900km. In a statement of intent, India’s defense ministry hailed the test as said “major boost” to the nation’s defense capabilities. “We have successfully launched nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-V today,” defense minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today.

The president of India Rashtrapati Bhavan took to twitter to congratulate the team of scientists behind the launch. He wrote: “Successful test firing of Agni-V ICBM makes every Indian very proud. It will boost our strategic defence. Congratulations to the team of DRDO scientists. May you go further on this trajectory #President Kovind.”

Meanwhile, Kumar said the U.S. had a natural interest in “building India as a regional power, in part to counter China, and has advanced the U.S.-India strategic partnership and furnished New Delhi with the latest defense technology.” Reported as per CNBC.