{"id":85402,"date":"2019-12-01T16:38:15","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T11:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=12097"},"modified":"2019-12-01T16:38:15","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T11:08:15","slug":"india-conducts-1st-night-trial-of-nuclear-capable-agni-iii-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-conducts-1st-night-trial-of-nuclear-capable-agni-iii-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"India conducts 1st night trial of nuclear capable Agni-III missile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>India has conducted the first night trial of nuclear capable long-range ballistic missile Agni-III.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Agni-III:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Agni-III is an intermediate range nuclear capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile.<\/li><li>The missile has been developed by DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organization).<\/li><li>The missile has a strike range of 3,000 km to 5,000 km and is capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads weighing up to 1.5 tonnes.<\/li><li>The missile is powered by a two-stage solid propellant engine.It is 17 metres long with two-metre diameter and weighs around 2,200 kg.<\/li><li>It is equipped with a hybrid navigation, guidance and control systems along with advanced on-board computer.<\/li><li>The trial was carried out by the Strategic Forces Command of the Indian Army with logistic support from the DRDO.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional information:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Strategic Forces Command:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Strategic Forces Command(SFC) was created in 2003.It is a part of India&#8217;s Nuclear Command Authority(NCA).&nbsp;<\/li><li>It is responsible for the management and administration of the country&#8217;s tactical and strategic nuclear weapons stockpile.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Nuclear Command Authority(NCA):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Nuclear Command Authority is India\u2019s nodal authority responsible for command, control and operational decisions regarding India\u2019s nuclear weapons programme.&nbsp;<\/li><li>It has an Executive Council which is headed by National Security Advisor.&nbsp;<\/li><li>It gives input to the Political Council headed by the Prime Minister.The Political Council authorizes a nuclear attack if need be.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:India has conducted the first night trial of nuclear capable long-range ballistic missile Agni-III. Facts: About Agni-III: Agni-III is an intermediate range nuclear capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile. The missile has been developed by DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organization). The missile has a strike range of 3,000 km to 5,000 km and is capable of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-conducts-1st-night-trial-of-nuclear-capable-agni-iii-missile\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India conducts 1st night trial of nuclear capable Agni-III missile<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1738],"tags":[2747,2217],"class_list":["post-85402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-agni-iii","tag-drdo","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700774389,"cached_date":1704888839},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}