India on Wednesday did a proof of a intermediate rank ballistic missile capable of transporting multiple nuclear eyes, a government statement said, in an apparent sample of strength before an increase in threatened American tariffs.
The AGNI-5 missile was successfully launched in the state of Odisha Oriental of India, and the authorities said “it validated all the operational and technical parameters.”
The fire of the test occurred a week before American tariffs are doubled from 25 percent to 50 PC, unless India meets President Donald Trump’s demand to stop buying Russian oil.
India last tested the AGNI-5 missile in March 2024.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said this month that, in front of American tariffs, India was looking for self -sufficiency with the independence of energy and the development of their own defense systems.
Nueva Delhi has deepened defense cooperation with Western countries in recent years, even in the Quad Alliance with the United States, Japan and Australia as an apparent counter for its Chinese rival.
But India’s relations with China have recently heated with several bilateral visits, and Modi is scheduled to visit Tianjin at the end of this month on their first visit to the country since 2018.
AGNI, which means “fire” in Sanskrit, is the name given to a series of rockets that India developed as part of a missile guidance development project launched in 1983.
AGNI-5 uses technology that allows you to carry several nuclear eyes, so that you can divide and achieve different objectives.
