India has successfully tested its first long-range hypersonic missile, capable of carrying various payloads over 1,500 km, launched from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island on Saturday evening
MIRV technology will make an Agni-5 missile more difficult to intercept because its warheads will approach their intended targets along with the mother vehicles and multiple decoys
The Agni-5 is the latest and most advanced variant in terms of navigation and guidance, warhead and engine
Describing the trial as "fully successful", the sources said, the sophisticated missile travelled for 19 minutes and covered 4,900 km
India is estimated to have produced enough plutonium for 150-200 nuclear warheads, say experts