New Delhi: India will soon test fire a new version of Agni missile made up of light weight composite materials.
This new feature will help the defence forces to increase the payload of the warheads in the missiles, which will increase its destructive power.
The scientist at Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) are also integrating a new engine with the missile.
These engines have been developed by two leading domestic private industries.
"We have started integration of this composite rocket motor. The development was outsourced to two leading private players, and that happened for the first time?, Agni?s project Director Avinash Chander said.
?Within a year, we will be able to launch Agni with this composite power plant," he said.
Once completed, India will join an elite group of countries having advanced technology, he added.
Presently, the US and Russia are the only two countries to possess such sophisticated technology.
Agni is an intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) with two solid fuel stages and a Post Boost Vehicle (PBV).
The PBV is integrated into the missile's Re-entry Vehicle (RV), which is made of a lightweight carbon-carbon composite material able to sustain high thermal stresses.
Three versions of the missile are under development, which can hit a target from 700 kms (437 miles) up to 3,500 kms (2187 miles).
The whole of Pakistan along with a major part of China comes under the range of the missile, which can carry conventional as well as nuclear warheads.
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