India’s Agni-V to carry 7500-kilogram bunker-buster warhead
India is developing new variants of the Agni-5 missile with bunker-buster capabilities to strike heavily fortified underground targets. The recent global conflicts have highlighted the need for the same. Under Operation Midnight Hammer, the US deployed GBU-57/A Massive Ordnance Penetrators against Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility on June 22. These are bunker-buster bombs. India is also working on building a powerful new missile system capable of penetrating fortified underground targets. Bunker Buster Version of Agni-V The DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) is working on a new version of the Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile. The original has a range exceeding 5000…
