“I want to ask our neighbouring country as to why they want to destabilize, divide our country? Earlier there was no airstrike, surgical strike but we did and gave a message that we can kill terrorists in our territory and across the border also,” Rajnath Singh said.

Last week, in an indirect attack on Pakistan, Singh said, “India is such a country in the world that has never attacked any country nor occupied one inch of the land of any country. If we wanted, we could have occupied their land in the 1971 war. I won’t take the name of that country.”

He also attacked Islamabad for naming its missiles after invaders who attacked India. In response, he said that India has named its missile arsenal after names like Sant, Prithvi and Agni.

“The ones who attacked India, Pakistan keep their missiles name’s on that like Ghazni, Ghauri. Whereas, India’s missiles names are Prithvi, Agni, Sant, which was tested yesterday. I congratulate the DRDO for this,” he added.

On December 16, India celebrated 50 years of its win against Pakistan and the liberation of Bangladesh. India won the war against Pakistan in just 13 days on December 16, 1971, with more than 93,000 Pakistani prisoners of war, when West Pakistan’s military forces surrendered in Bangladesh.

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This was the second test of the Agni Prime missile. The test was conducted at 11 am off the APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Balasore.

The country had, for the first time on June 28, successfully test-fired its new generation nuclear-capable Agni Prime missile. P

About ‘Agni P’

The ‘Agni P’ is a two-stage canisterised solid propellant ballistic missile with dual redundant navigation and guidance system, it said.

Canisterisation of missiles reduces the time required to launch the missile while improving the storage and ease of handling, according to DRDO.

The surface-to-surface ballistic missile has a range of 1,000 to 2,000 km.

This second flight-test has proven the reliable performance of all the advanced technologies integrated into the system, DRDO said.

The Agni-P missile aims to further strengthen India’s credible deterrence capabilities

What are Agni missiles?

Agni class of missiles are the mainstay of India’s nuclear launch capability, which also includes the Prithvi short-range ballistic missiles, submarine-launched ballistic missiles and fighter aircraft.

Agni-V, an Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) with a range of over 5,000 km, had been tested several times and validated for induction.

The Agni-P and Agni-5 ballistic missiles trace their origins back to the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP), which was spearheaded by former DRDO chief and ex-Indian president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam in the early 1980s.

Agni missile Ranges

Agni I: Range of 700-800 km.
Agni II: Range more than 2000 km.
Agni III: Range of more than 2,500 Km
Agni IV: Range is more than 3,500 km and can fire from a road mobile launcher.
Agni-V: The longest of the Agni series, an Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) with a range of over 5,000 km.

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