India’s Agni II missile is on display while at a rehearsal for the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi in this Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2002 file photo. India successfully test fired Thursday, April 12, 2007 a new missile, Agni III, capable of carrying nuclear warheads across much of Asia and the Middle East, a defense ministry spokesman said. (AP Photo/Ajit Kumar, File)
But each warhead in an MIRV must impact within 40 metres of its target. With such high accuracies, even small nuclear warheads are sufficient for the job.
Strategic planners consider MIRVs essential, given India’s declared “no first use” nuclear policy. Even after an enemy has hit India with a full-fledged nuclear strike, destroying or incapacitating much of the strategic arsenal, a handful of surviving Indian missiles must be capable of retaliating with massive and unacceptable damage. Multiple warheads on a handful of Agni-5 missiles would constitute such a capability.
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