‘Divyastra’ Agni-5: Will India’s Advanced MIRV Capability Obliterate Pakistan in one go?

A top American scientist is worried about the successful test of India’s AGNI-5 missile Divyastra. He says that the missile is equipped with MIRV technology, which can disarm Pakistan. Scientists fear that this will increase India’s power so much that countries like Pakistan will be destroyed before they can attack it. This will give so much power to India’s military think tank that it will destroy Pakistan even before it attacks. With this technology coming to India, Pakistan will think 100 times before attacking.

Hans Christensen, Director of Nuclear Information at the Federation of American Scientists, has expressed disappointment over the test of Agni-V. He says that America and Russia had banned MIRV under the START II treaty. He said that from this test by India, it seems that imposing the ban was a less wise decision of both the countries because other countries are making efforts in this direction.

In the year 2021, Hans Christensen also wrote in an article that if India succeeds in developing MIRV technology for its ballistic missiles, then it can attack many targets with fewer missiles. He expressed concern that MIRV would increase India’s power so much that it would destroy its important targets before the enemy could attack. In such a situation, Indian decision makers will disarm Indian MIRV missiles by destroying Pakistan’s weapons in advance in a situation of tension. 

What is MIRV technology?

MIRV technology gives the missile such power that it can hit multiple targets at once. Many weapons or missiles can be fitted in it, which gives it the power that a single missile can attack multiple targets at the same time or multiple missiles can be used at the same time to attack one target. can be done. Due to this feature, it becomes difficult for MIRV missile to be detected by anti-missile. America developed this technology in the year 1970 and in 1971 prepared a submarine-launched ballistic missile equipped with MIRV.

Successful test of Agni-5 missile

India successfully tested Agni-5 missile on March 11. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had congratulated the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) for this. Agni-5 missile weighs 50 thousand kilograms and is 17.5 meters long. It has the capacity to carry a nuclear weapon weighing 1500 kg. It has three stage rocket boosters, which fly on solid fuel. Its speed is 24 times more than the sound speed. This missile can attack the enemy at a speed of 29,402 kilometers per hour.