With reference to Agni V missile consider the following statements 1 It is a surface to surface Inte...........

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With reference to Agni-V missile, consider the following statements:

1. It is a surface to surface Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile.

2. It is India’s longest-range ballistic missile after ‘Brahmos’.

3. India is the only country to have developed Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile, after U.S. and Russia.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

1 only

1 and 3 only

2 and 3 only

1, 2, and 3

ICBM is a guided ballistic missile with the minimum range 5500 kms.

Features of Agni-V:

Designed and developed by DRDO.
Strike range of over 5500 kms. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
Can carry nuclear warhead of more than one ton.
Three stage solid propellant missile. Brahmos is medium range missile with the strike range of 290 kms. Thus, statement 2 is incorrect. Very few countries including the US, China, Russia, France and North Korea have intercontinental ballistic missiles. Thus, statement 2 is incorrect.