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India’s missile technology at par with global best: DRDO | After the successful launch of its Agni-V missile, the
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Friday said India was
now at par with the most of the developed nations of the world in the domain of
missile and defence technology. Addressing mediapersons at press conference here,
DRDO Director General Vijay Kumar Saraswat said that although the developed nations
had achieved advances in missile technology during the last decade, India today
had the same level of missile technology in its arsenal. “Today in the missile
technology area we are at par with the world. I have no doubts in claiming that
today our country has the same technology as most of the developed nations have
achieved, maybe they achieved five years earlier or ten years earlier, but we
have achieved today,” said Saraswat. Emphasizing that India was on in a missile
race, Saraswat reiterated the stance that this test was not conducted to intimidate
any country, adding that development and deployment of Agni-V would be more of
a deterrent than an offensive weapon. “We are not in a missile race, we are not
doing or counting that we have achieved this or achieved that. Yes, we wanted
to prove it to the nation that India today has capability Long Range Ballistic
missiles. But it is not to intimidate anybody, it is not to say that we are trying
to use this for any purpose, which is not for the defence of the country. So,
as far as we are concerned, we don’t worry about the reactions, which are coming
from any part of this world,” said Saraswat. He also noted that Agni-V is perfect
to India ’s needs as it served to the specific and current threat posed to the
nation. “With regard to ranges, I have been telling all along, we are building
missiles to meet our requirements; our requirements are with respect to our threat
profile. Similarly now we have Agni V, which has now taken us to a particular
capability. Obviously, our development is with respect to our threat. We don’t
worry whether others have got missiles of longer ranges or shorter ranges; it
is not our concern because they build their missiles based on their threats,”
he said. Answering a query on the status of India having the technology of a
Submarine-Launched
Ballistic Missile (SLBM), Saraswat said that the project was in its development
stage and would soon be revealed to the people of the country. “It is in a development
process, which is on and we are developing missiles, which would be launched from
under water. We are fairly in an advanced stage of development. As and when we
are in a position to demonstrate to the nation, you will come to know,” added
Saraswat. India on Thursday test-fired for the first time its strategic missile,
the over 5,000-km range Agni-V, joining the super exclusive ICBM (intercontinental
ballistic missile) club that counts just US, Russia, China, France and UK as its
members. The test firing was deemed as a major leap forward in missile technology
and military deterrent capability for the country. Agni-V is a solid fueled intercontinental
ballistic missile. It will greatly expand India 's reach to strike targets well
beyond 5,500 km away. The nuclear-capable, three-stage Agni-V, about 50-tonne
in weight and 17.5-metre tall, will become fully operational by 2014-2015.
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