Subhechcha Ganguly 
The first flight test of the Agni-V missile, which was built in India and uses Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle technology, was completed successfully.According to DRDO high brass, Pakistan’s attempt to create the multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV) technology three years ago failed horribly. The project used a 2.750 km Shaheen III missile, with each warhead striking the ground at a distance of two kilometres.
Although the Agni-V missile has a 5000 km range, India tested firing three MIRVs over a distance of more than 3000 kilometres on Monday night. The missile’s name is crucial to MIRV because, at a speed of about six kilometres per second, friction causes the warhead to split apart in space and the missile to reenter the atmosphere looking like an Agni flame. Every warhead descends at a separate rate and strikes the earth with a distance of around 200 miles between the points of impact. Re-entry is crucial to MIRV because if the warhead is not composed of carbon composites, it could disintegrate.
The successful test of Agni-V indicates that India’s nuclear missile force is prepared to deter any opponent, and work is already underway to create the Agni-P generation of multipurpose missiles. India has also successfully tested the 3700 km range K-4 submarine-launched ballistic missile.In order to prevent Islamabad from signing the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT) on the grounds of asymmetric conventional force levels with India, Pakistan and its larger sibling China will employ the Agni-V test. However, the Agni-V MIRV is meant to thwart China’s expansionist intentions. China still harbours territorial ambitions in India despite violently seizing Tibet in 1950.China has been constructing intermediate-range nuclear ballistic missiles at a quick pace, and this is primarily to blame for India’s decision to test-fire the MIRV-equipped Agni-V. China was not included in the now-virtually obsolete Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty between the US and Russia in 1987. Anti-missile shields cannot intercept the Agni V because it carries many nuclear warheads, each of which has a distinct target and a different velocity.
