India, May 11 -- India has successfully conducted a test of an advanced Agni-5 missile equipped with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology, significantly boosting the country's strategic defence capabilities.

The missile was flight-tested jointly by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Strategic Forces Command from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast on May 8.

According to an official statement issued by the Press Information Bureau (PIB), the missile was tested with multiple payloads aimed at different targets spread across a large geographical area in the Indian Ocean Region.

"The missile was flight-tested with multiple payloads, targeted to different targets spati...