<p>“Work is progressing satisfactorily in the development of Agni-5, which is expected to become a reality by 2011,” V K Saraswat, scientific advisor to Defence Minister and Defence Research and Development Organisation chief said here on Wednesday.<br /><br />If the trial succeeds, India will have a missile capable of striking deep inside China from deep inside India rather than being positioned on the border. Only a handful of nations currently have such a strategic capability. The Agni-5 is specially tailored for road-mobility, according to defence scientists.<br /><br />With the canister having been successfully developed, all India’s future land-based strategic missiles are expected to be canisterised as well. <br /><br />A major research programme on nuclear biological and chemical defence is also on the anvil. The programme was accorded permission recently by the Cabinet Committee on Security. <br />Future DRDO research will focus on space security, cyber security, hypersonic vehicles, directed energy weapons and technology development efforts in smart materials, composites and micro-electro-mechanical-systems based sensors.</p>
<p>“Work is progressing satisfactorily in the development of Agni-5, which is expected to become a reality by 2011,” V K Saraswat, scientific advisor to Defence Minister and Defence Research and Development Organisation chief said here on Wednesday.<br /><br />If the trial succeeds, India will have a missile capable of striking deep inside China from deep inside India rather than being positioned on the border. Only a handful of nations currently have such a strategic capability. The Agni-5 is specially tailored for road-mobility, according to defence scientists.<br /><br />With the canister having been successfully developed, all India’s future land-based strategic missiles are expected to be canisterised as well. <br /><br />A major research programme on nuclear biological and chemical defence is also on the anvil. The programme was accorded permission recently by the Cabinet Committee on Security. <br />Future DRDO research will focus on space security, cyber security, hypersonic vehicles, directed energy weapons and technology development efforts in smart materials, composites and micro-electro-mechanical-systems based sensors.</p>
