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{{Short description|Indian medium-range ballistic missile}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox weapon
|is_missile=yes
|name=''Agni-II''
|image= Agni-II missile (Republic Day Parade 2004).jpeg
|image_size = 300
|caption= An Agni-II on a road-mobile launcher displayed at the [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]] Parade 2004.
|origin= India
|type= [[Medium Range Ballistic Missile]]
|service= Active<ref>{{cite web |last1=Press Trust |first1=of India |title=India Test Fires Medium Range Nuclear Capable Agni-II Missile |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-test-fires-medium-range-nuclear-capable-agni-ii-missile/articleshow/62994698.cms|website=The Times of India|access-date=22 September 2019}}</ref>
|used_by= [[Strategic Forces Command]]
|designer=[[Defence Research and Development Organisation]]
|manufacturer=[[Bharat Dynamics Limited]]
|unit_cost= {{INRConvert|25|c}} to {{INRConvert|35|c}}<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040830/asp/nation/story_3694401.asp | title = Technical tune to Agni test before talks | access-date =13 December 2007 | work = The Telegraph| location=Calcutta, India | date=30 August 2004| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071211004418/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040830/asp/nation/story_3694401.asp| archive-date= 11 December 2007 | url-status= dead}}</ref>
|guidance= '''Mid-course:''' [[Ring laser gyroscope|RLG]]-[[Inertial navigation system|INS]] + multi-[[GNSS]] <br />'''Terminal:''' Radar scene matching. Upgraded to [[Active radar homing|ARH]]
|detonation=
|accuracy=30–40 m CEP<ref name="nti.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.nti.org/media/pdfs/design_characteristics_of_india_ballistic_cruise_missiles.pdf?_=1415821730|title=Design Characteristics of India's Ballistic and Cruise Missiles|access-date=2019-09-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/agni-2/ |title = Agni-II {{!}} Missile Threat}}</ref>
|launch_platform= [[Ashok Leyland]]/Tata [[transporter erector launcher]]
|propellant=[[Solid fuel]]
|engine= Multi-stage [[solid rocket]]
|weight={{convert|16000|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
|filling_weight={{convert|1000|kg|lb|abbr=on}}<ref name="nti.org"/>
|number=12 (2017 est.)<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vk8-vgAACAAJ |title = The Military Balance 2017|isbn = 9781857439007|date = 14 February 2017}}</ref>
|length=21 m<ref name=hindu20100518 >{{cite news|last=Mallikarjun|first=Y.|title=Agni-II missile test-fired successfully|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/agniii-missile-testfired-successfully/article769538.ece|access-date=20 October 2011|newspaper=The Hindu|date=18 May 2010|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>
|diameter=1.3 m
|wingspan=
|speed=3.5 km/s (14,040 km/h)<ref>{{cite web|last=Vishwakarma |first=Arun |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/MISSILES/Images/Indian_Long_Range_StrategicMissiles_-Agni-III_r11.pdf |title=Indian Long Range Strategic Missiles |publisher=Lancer Publishers and Distributors |access-date=13 December 2007 |date=1 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071129142104/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/MISSILES/Images/Indian_Long_Range_StrategicMissiles_-Agni-III_r11.pdf |archive-date=29 November 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|vehicle_range=2,000–3,500 km<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.missilethreat.com/missilesoftheworld/id.9/missile_detail.asp |title=Missile Detail|access-date=2012-12-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018150947/http://www.missilethreat.com/missilesoftheworld/id.9/missile_detail.asp |archive-date=18 October 2012 }}</ref><ref name="nti.org"/>
|ceiling= 405 km<ref name=bharat-rakshakagni2>{{cite web|title=Agni II|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/MISSILES/ballistic/agni-ii.html|work=Bharat Rakshak – Missiles Section|publisher=Bharat Rakshak|access-date=20 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414094339/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/MISSILES/ballistic/agni-ii.html|archive-date=14 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|altitude= 230 km<ref name=hindu20100518 />
|filling= Conventional [[high explosive]]-unitary, penetration, [[Submunitions|sub-munitions]], [[Incendiary device|incendiary]], [[thermobaric]], [[strategic nuclear weapon]]
|production_date=
}}

'''Agni-II''' ({{Lit|[[Agni|Fire]]}}), is the second strategic ballistic missile of the [[Agni (missile)|Agni]] family envisaged to be the mainstay of the Indian missile-based strategic [[nuclear deterrence]]. The Agni-II is a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) with two solid fuel stages and a Post Boost Vehicle (PBV) integrated into the missile's Re-entry Vehicle (RV). The Agni's manoeuvring RV is made of a carbon-[[carbon composite]] material that is light and able to sustain high [[thermal stress]]es of re-entry, in a variety of trajectories. The Agni-IIA is a more advanced version of Agni-II, albeit with more sophisticated and lighter materials, yielding a better range and operating regime. Agni-IIA was later renamed as [[Agni-IV]] plugging the gap between Agni-II and [[Agni-III]]. While the first test of Agni-IV in December 2010 was a failure, the second test flight in November 2011 was a success<ref>{{cite web|author=T.S. Subramanian |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2629274.ece |title=Missile success |work=The Hindu|date=2011-11-15 |access-date=2012-09-20}}</ref> Agni-II, developed as part of medium- and long-range Agni series of missile systems, has already been inducted into the Armed Forces.<ref name="thehindu1">{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article431917.ece | location=Chennai, India |work=The Hindu | title=Agni-II missile test-fired successfully | date=17 May 2010 | first=Y. | last=Mallikarjun}}</ref>
[[File:Agni missile range.svg|thumb|right|250px|Agni missile range comparison.]]

On 17 May 2010, the trial was conducted with a [[Strategic Forces Command]] (SFC) of nuclear-capable Agni-II ballistic missile, with a range of 2,000 kilometres from the Wheelers Island off Orissa coast thus making Agni-II missile operational by army.<ref>{{cite web |author=Super Admin |url=https://www.oneindia.com/2010/05/17/agniii-test-firedsuccessful.html |title=Agni-II test fired successful |publisher=Oneindia |date=17 May 2010 |access-date=20 October 2011 |archive-date=13 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313170540/http://news.oneindia.in/2010/05/17/agniii-test-firedsuccessful.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[US Air Force]] [[National Air and Space Intelligence Center]] estimating that as of June 2017 less than 10 launchers were operationally deployed,<ref>[https://www.nasic.af.mil/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=F2VLcKSmCTE%3d&portalid=19 Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threats] </ref> operated by the [[335 Missile Group]] of [[Regiment of Artillery (India)#Units|Regiment of Artillery]] at [[Secunderabad]] using 12 [[Transporter erector launcher|TEL]] vehicles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.missilethreat.com/missilesoftheworld/id.9/missile_detail.asp |title=Agni-2 |publisher=Missilethreat.com |access-date=2012-09-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018150947/http://www.missilethreat.com/missilesoftheworld/id.9/missile_detail.asp |archive-date=18 October 2012 }}</ref>

Agni-II can reach all of Pakistan and most parts of south and southeastern China.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nti.org/learn/countries/india/delivery-systems/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325133346/http://www.nti.org/learn/countries/india/delivery-systems |archive-date=25 March 2016 |title=India {{!}} Countries {{!}} NTI}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|India|Rocketry|Nuclear technology}}
{{Aircontent
|see also=
* [[India and weapons of mass destruction]]
|related=
* [[Agni V]]
* [[Agni VI]]
|lists=
* [[List of nuclear weapons]]
* [[List of states with nuclear weapons]]
}}

==References==
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{{Indian missiles}}
{{Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)}}

[[Category:Ballistic missiles of India]]
[[Category:Medium-range ballistic missiles]]
[[Category:Military equipment introduced in the 2000s]]

Agni-II - Revision history

Alihaiderhussain at 20:45, 4 February 2026