India Missiles and Guided Munitions

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First rail-based launch of Agni-1P MRBM! This significantly increases the number of potential launch points and makes pre-emptive destruction difficult.


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The Indian Ministry of Defense announced the first test launch of the Indian medium-range Agni-Prime missile from a rail launcher. Agni-Prime is a two-stage, medium-range, surface-to-surface ballistic missile. The solid-fuel, two-stage Agni-Prime missile weighs 11 tons and has a warhead estimated to weigh up to 3,000 kg. The missile is 10.5 meters long and has a range of up to 2,000 km. This is the sixth launch of the missile; the first test launch of Agni-Prime took place in June 2021. Rail-based missile systems are in service with Russia, the United States, and China.

 

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2.4m diameter - this thing is huge! Thicker than Trident-II D5, Bulava and even M51.

Most definitely ICBM-ranged with ~3 ton MIRVed payload as shown in that old chart.
But may not have their level of performance owing to lower performance carbon fibre composites. Do you know what level are we at? I think we benchmark against Toray Corporation's carbon fibre. I assume we haven't yet reached T-1000 maybe T-700.
 

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