India conducts successful flight-trial of Advanced Agni missile with Multiple Independently Targeted Re-Entry Vehicle system

• India successfully flight-tested an Advanced Agni-class ballistic missile fitted with a Multiple Independently Targeted Re-Entry Vehicle (MIRV) system from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha on 08 May 2026.
• Confirms India's maturing second-strike, credible minimum deterrence posture by enabling a single missile to engage multiple spatially-distributed targets.
• Builds on Mission Divyastra (11 March 2024) — the maiden Agni-5 MIRV test.
• High-yield for UPSC: intersects GS-III (Defence/S&T) and GS-II (India's strategic relations).