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| type              = [[Intercontinental ballistic missile|ICBM]]<ref name=toi30409335>{{cite news|title=Eyeing China, India to enter ICBM club in 3 months|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Eyeing-China-India-to-enter-ICBM-club-in-3-months/articleshow/10761860.cms|newspaper=The Times of India|author=Rajat Pandit|access-date=26 October 2021|date=17 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=DP11724>{{cite news|title=With Russian help, India to enter ICBM club soon|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnists/item/47621-with-russian-help-india-to-join-icbm-big-league-soon.html|newspaper=Dailypioneer|author=Rahul Datta|date=8 October 2011|access-date=20 April 2012}}</ref>

| service            = Active <ref name=ndtv /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/confident-of-doubling-range-of-the-astra-will-be-the-most-lethal-air-to-air-missile-drdo-chief/articleshow/72120351.cms|title=Confident of doubling range of the Astra, will be the most lethal air to air missile: DRDO Chief|last=Pubby|first=Manu|date=2019-11-19|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-11-19}}</ref>

| length            = 17.5 m<ref name=toi28376198>{{cite news|title=DRDO plans to test 10 missiles this year|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-27/bhubaneswar/28376198_1_agni-ii-km-range-agni-iii|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501085437/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-27/bhubaneswar/28376198_1_agni-ii-km-range-agni-iii|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 May 2013|access-date=19 October 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=27 January 2011}}</ref>

| weight            = 50000-56000 kg<ref name="thehindu1">{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2288105.ece |title=Preparations apace for Agni V launch |author=T.S. Subramanian |date=23 July 2011 |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref>

| speed              = '''Terminal phase: '''{{convert|24|Mach|km/h mph km/s}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120416/main2.htm |title=India's most potent missile Agni V all set for launch |author=Raj Chengappa |date=16 April 2012 |work=The Tribune |access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref>

| vehicle_range      = * {{convert|5500|km}}<ref name=IExpress/> (official)

* {{convert|8000|km}}<ref name="csis">{{cite web |title=Agni-5 |url=https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/agni-5/#easy-footnote-bottom-3-497 |website=Missile Threat |publisher=[[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] |access-date=30 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="NYT 2018">{{Cite news|last1=Schultz|first1=Kai|last2=Kumar|first2=Hari|date=2018-01-18|title=India Tests Ballistic Missile, Posing New Threat to China (Published 2018)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/world/asia/india-ballistic-missile-icbm.html|access-date=2020-10-30|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=chineseCL/> (alleged)

| filling            = [[Strategic nuclear weapon]]

| filling_weight    = {{convert|1500|kg}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Canister-storage-gives-N-capable-Agni-V-missile-flexibility/articleshow/12739130.cms |title=Canister storage gives N-capable Agni-V missile flexibility |author=Rajat Pandit |date=20 April 2012 |work=The Times of India |access-date=20 April 2012}}</ref>

| accuracy          = <30 m&nbsp; [[Circular error probable|CEP]]<ref name=thin2oct13>{{cite news|title=Agni-V vital: Tessy Thomas|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/agniv-vital-tessy-thomas/article5191824.ece|access-date=23 October 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=2 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="capsindia.org"/>

'''Agni-V''' is a nuclear capable intercontinental ballistic missile developed by the [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]] (DRDO) of India. The missile is believed to have a range of around 5,000 to 5,500 kilometers. Chinese researchers allege that the missile has the range of 8,000 kilometers. It is a three-stage, road-mobile and solid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile which is transported by a truck and launched via a canister.  

Agni V is primarily for enhancing India's nuclear deterrence against China. Until recently, the longest range missile India had was [[Agni-III]], with a range of 3000–3500&nbsp;km. If launched from central India this range was not sufficient to reach targets on the extreme eastern and northeastern region of China. Most of the important economic centers of China lay on its eastern seaboard.<ref name="capsindia.org">{{Cite web|url=http://capsindia.org/files/documents/ISSUE-BRIEF_49_LONGER-REACH-AND-ENABLING-MORE-OPERATIONS_30-April-2012.pdf|title=Longer Reach and Enabling More Options: AGNI V|date=30 April 2012|website=[[Centre for Air Power Studies (India)|Centre for Air Power Studies]]|access-date=2 November 2019|archive-date=5 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305112835/http://capsindia.org/files/documents/ISSUE-BRIEF_49_LONGER-REACH-AND-ENABLING-MORE-OPERATIONS_30-April-2012.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The missile will allow India to strike targets across Asia and into Europe.<ref name="toi" /><ref name="splfe">{{cite journal|first=Naresh|last=Chand|title=India's Strategic Deterrence Reaches New Heights|journal=SP's Land Forces|date=June–July 2012|volume=9|issue=9|pages=11|url=http://go.epublish4me.com/ebook/ebook?id=10023802|access-date=24 May 2013}}</ref> The missile's range will allow the Indian military to target all of China from Agni-V bases, in central and southern India, further away from China. The missile is also likely to be similar to other missiles of the range of 10,000&nbsp;km.<ref name="auto">{{cite journal |title=Indian nuclear forces, 2017 |first1=Hans M.|last1=Kristensen|first2=Robert S.|last2=Norris|journal=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists|volume=73|issue=4|pages=205–209|doi=10.1080/00963402.2017.1337998|year = 2017|bibcode=2017BuAtS..73d.205K|doi-access=free}}</ref> The missile was designed to be easy to transport by road, through the utilisation of a canister-launch missile system, which is distinct from those of the earlier [[Agni (missile)|Agni]] missiles.<ref name="toi28376198" /> Agni-V would also carry [[Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle|MIRV]] (multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles) payloads being concurrently developed. A single MIRV equipped missile can deliver multiple warheads at different targets.<ref name="mirv">{{cite news|last=Shukla|first=Ajai|date=21 April 2012|title=No intention to cap missile plan|newspaper=Business Standard|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/no-intention-to-cap-missile-plan/472153/|access-date=21 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424154701/http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/no-intention-to-cap-missile-plan/472153/|archive-date=24 April 2012}}</ref>

With a launch mass of around {{convert|50|t}} and a development cost of over {{INRConvert|2500|c|0}}, Agni-V incorporated advanced technologies involving [[ring laser gyroscope]] and accelerometer for navigation and guidance. It took its first stage from Agni-III, with a modified second stage and a miniaturised third stage enabling it to fly distance of {{convert|5000|km}}. The second and third stage are completely made of composite material to reduce weight.<ref name="mirv" /> With a canister-launch system to impart higher road mobility, the missile, will give the armed forces much greater operational flexibility than the earlier-generation of Agni missiles. According to a source, the accuracy levels of Agni-V and the Agni-IV (3800 km [2375 mi]), with their better guidance and navigation systems, are far higher than Agni-I ({{convert|700|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=x| [|]}}), Agni-II ({{convert|2000|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=x| [|]}}) and Agni-III ({{convert|3000|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=x| [|]}}).<ref name="toi">{{cite news|last=Rajat|first=Pandit|title=Decks cleared for first test of 5000-km range Agni-V missile|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-24/india/31095102_1_agni-v-canister-launch-dong-feng-31a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424133128/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-24/india/31095102_1_agni-v-canister-launch-dong-feng-31a|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 April 2012|access-date=10 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=24 February 2012}}</ref> According to the Project Director of Agni V, [[Tessy Thomas]], the missile achieved single-digit accuracy in its second test.<ref name="thin2oct13" />

The Former Indian defence minister [[A. K. Antony]], addressing the annual [[DRDO]] awards ceremony, asked defence scientists to demonstrate the {{convert|5000|km|adj=on}} missile's capability at the earliest opportunity.<ref name="toi28376198"/> DRDO chief [[V. K. Saraswat]] told Times of India in mid-2011 that DRDO had tested the three solid-propellant composite rocket motor stages of Agni-V independently and all ground tests had been completed. In September 2011, Saraswat confirmed that the first test flight would be conducted in 2012 from Wheeler Island off the Orissa coast.<ref name="toi"/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111026130915/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/agni5-demo-in-february-2012-drdo-chief/195332-60-115.html Agni-5 demo in February 2012]. Ibnlive.in.com. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2012.</ref>

On 19 April 2012 at 08.05&nbsp;am, the Agni V was successfully test-fired by [[DRDO]] from [[Wheeler Island (India)|Wheeler Island]] off the coast of [[Orissa, India|Orissa]].<ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/agni-v-india-s-first-icbm-successfully-test-fired-199325 Agni-V, India's first ICBM, successfully test-fired] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421223443/http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/agni-v-india-s-first-icbm-successfully-test-fired-199325 |date=21 April 2012 }}. NDTV (19 April 2012). Retrieved 20 April 2012.</ref> The test launch was made from the Launch Complex 4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Wheeler Island using a rail mobile launcher.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/India-successfully-test-fires-Agni-V-takes-a-giant-stride/Article1-842796.aspx HT:India successfully test fires Agni-V, takes a giant stride] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420024435/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/India-successfully-test-fires-Agni-V-takes-a-giant-stride/Article1-842796.aspx |date=20 April 2012 }}. Hindustantimes.com (15 November 2011). Retrieved 20 April 2012.</ref> The flight time lasted 20 minutes and the third stage fired the re-entry vehicle into the atmosphere at an altitude of {{convert|100|km}}. The missile re-entry vehicle subsequently impacted the pre-designated target point more than {{convert|5000|km}} away in the Indian Ocean.<ref name=hindu_test1>{{cite news|title=Agni-V propels India into elite ICBM club|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3330921.ece?homepage=true|access-date= 23 April 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|author=Y. Mallikurjan and T.S. Subramanian |date=23 April 2012}}</ref> The director of the test range, S.P. Das, informed BBC that all test parameters were met.<ref name="bbcrep">{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17765653 | title=India test launches Agni-V long-range missile| work=BBC | date=19 April 2012 | access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> According to news reports the Agni-V was able to hit the target nearly at pin-point accuracy, within a few metres of the designated target point.<ref name=hindu_testDA>{{cite news|title=In Wheeler Island, a perfect mission sparks celebrations|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3332940.ece|access-date=20 April 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|author=Y. Mallikurjan and T.S. Subramanian |date=20 April 2012}}</ref>

On 15 September 2013, India conducted a second test flight of Agni-V from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast. The missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher from Launch Complex 4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at about 8:50 am. The flight duration was a little over 20 minutes and hit the pre-designed target in the Indian Ocean with an accuracy of a few metres.<ref name=thin2oct13/><ref>{{cite news|title=India test-fires Agni V with range as far as China|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/odisha/india-test-fires-agni-v-with-range-as-far-as-china/article1-1122291.aspx|access-date=23 October 2013|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=15 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024113010/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/odisha/india-test-fires-agni-v-with-range-as-far-as-china/article1-1122291.aspx|archive-date=24 October 2013}}</ref>

On 31 January 2015, India conducted a third successful test flight of the Agni-V from the [[Abdul Kalam Island|Wheeler Island]] facility. The test used a canisterised version of the missile, mounted over a Tatra truck. The Integrated Test Range Director, M. V. K. V. Prasad, said: "The missile, witnessed a flawless 'auto launch' and detailed results will be known after all data is retrieved from different radars and network systems."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Agni 5, India's Longest Range Ballistic Missile, Successfully Test-Fired |date=31 January 2015 |newspaper=The Arunachal Times |url=http://www.arunachaltimes.in/national.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201183606/http://arunachaltimes.in/national.html |archive-date=1 February 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Y. Mallikarjun|last2=T. S. Subramanian|title=Agni-V's maiden canister trial a roaring success|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/maiden-canister-trial-of-agniv-a-roaring-success/article6841942.ece|access-date=2 February 2015|work=The Hindu|date=31 January 2015}}</ref>

On 26 December 2016, a fourth test of the missile was successfully conducted from complex 4 of [[Abdul Kalam Island|Wheeler Island]], Odisha at 11.05 IST. This was the second canisterised test of the missile and will now pave way for user trials of the missile by the [[Strategic Forces Command]] (SFC).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-successfully-test-fire-nuclear-capable-agni-5/articleshow/56177457.cms|title=India successfully test-fires nuclear capable Agni-V|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=2016-12-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-set-to-test-launch-indigenously-built-agni-5-missile-today/story-ImTmewEjlvCRrMrBNxJeXO.html|title=India successfully test-fires nuclear-capable Agni 5 ballistic missile|date=2016-12-26|newspaper=hindustantimes.com |access-date=2016-12-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/successful-test-firing-of-indias-most-potent-missile-agni-5-paves-way-for-induction-in-strategic-forces-command/articleshow/56182946.cms|title=Successful test firing of India's most potent missile Agni 5, paves way for induction in Strategic Forces Command|newspaper=The Economic Times|access-date=2016-12-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2016/dec/26/india-successfully-test-fires-agni-v-missile-for-a-reduced-range-1553219.html|title=India successfully test fires Agni-V missile for a reduced range|newspaper=The New Indian Express|access-date=2016-12-26}}</ref>

On 3 June 2018, a sixth test launch of Agni-V was successfully conducted from [[Abdul Kalam Island]] at 09.45 IST.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=179728|title=Agni-5 missile Successfully Tested|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2018-06-03}}</ref> It was the sixth missile test since 2012 and was a "precision launch". The [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Indian Ministry of Defence]] stated that the radars, electro-tracking stations, and telemetry stations tracked the vehicle throughout the course.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last1=Cebul|first1=Daniel|title=What tech was used in India's nuclear-capable ICBM test launch?|url=http://www.defensenews.com/space/2018/06/07/what-tech-was-used-in-indias-nuclear-capable-icbm-test-launch/|magazine=[[Defense News]]|date=7 June 2018}}</ref>

On 10 December 2018, a seventh test launch of Agni-V was successfully conducted from the Launching Complex-IV of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Abdul Kalam Island at about 1.30 pm. This was for the first time that the missile was test-fired in a [[lofted trajectory]]. The missile blasted off from a hermetically sealed canister and covered nearly 2,041 km. This lofted trajectory flight was used to determine whether it followed the perfect flight path with close to zero error. This trial completed the Agni-V pre-induction trials.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2018/dec/11/successful-test-of--agni-v-leads-way-to-induction-in-indian-army-1909997.html|title=Successful test of Agni-V leads way to induction in Indian Army|date=11 December 2018|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=25 December 2018}}</ref>

As part of user trial, Agni-5 was successfully launched on October 27, 2021 and December 15, 2022 from Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Agni-5 ICBM Successfully Launched by India|url=https://www.indrastra.com/2021/10/agni-5-icbm-successfully-launched-by-india.html|access-date=2021-10-31|website=www.indrastra.com}}</ref> According to [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] (MoD), the test was in line with India’s credible minimum deterrence policy with the commitment to ‘[[No first use|No First Use]]’.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-27|title=India successfully test-fires surface-to-surface ballistic missile Agni-5|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-successfully-test-fires-agni-5-missile-7594048/|access-date=2021-10-27|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

=== Night Trial ===

As part of night trial, Agni-5 was successfully launched on 15 December 2022. The test was to validate new technologies and equipment on the missile. The launch also proved that the missile can hit targets further away than before.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Som |first=Vishnu |date=15 December 2022 |title=Days After China Clash, Agni V Successfully Tested, It Can Reach Beijing |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-conducts-night-trials-of-nuclear-capable-agni-v-ballistic-missile-3610126 |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=NDTV}}</ref>  

The Agni-V is a three-stage [[solid-fuel rocket|solid fuelled]] intercontinental ballistic missile with composite motor casing in the second and third stage.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/no-intention-to-cap-missile-plan/472153/ |title=No intention to cap missile plan |author=Ajai Shukla |date=21 April 2012 |work=Business Standard |access-date=21 April 2012}}</ref> In many aspects, the Agni-5 carries forward the Agni-3 pedigree. With composites used extensively to reduce weight, and a third stage added on (the Agni-3 was a two-stage missile), the Agni-5 can fly significantly more to inter-continental range.

Total flight duration for the first flight test of Agni-V on 20 April 2012 was for 1130 seconds. The first stage ignited for 90 seconds.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-20/india/31373545_1_agni-v-dong-feng-31a-wheeler-island |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510081354/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-20/india/31373545_1_agni-v-dong-feng-31a-wheeler-island |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 May 2013 |title=Canister storage gives N-capable Agni-V missile flexibility |author=Rajat Pandit |date=20 April 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=20 April 2012}}</ref>

The DRDO chief [[V. K. Saraswat]] initially declined to disclose the exact range of Agni-V.<ref name="Deccan"/> Later, however, he described Agni V as a missile with a range of 5,500–5,800&nbsp;km. Du Wenlong, a researcher at China's [[PLA Academy of Military Sciences]], told ''[[Global Times]]'' that the missile has a range of around {{convert|8000|km}}.<ref name="NYT 2018"/><ref name="capsindia.org"/><ref name="IExpress">{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/missile-defence-system-ready-for-induction-drdo-chief/942650/|title=Missile defence system ready for induction: DRDO chief|date=28 April 2012|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=1 May 2012}}</ref> Wenlong also said that the Indian government had deliberately downplayed the missile's capability in order to avoid causing concern to other countries.<ref name=chineseCL>{{cite news|title=Agni-V can reach targets 8,000&nbsp;km away: Chinese researcher |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/Agni-V-can-reach-targets-8000-km-away-Chinese-researcher/articleshow/12742984.cms |access-date=20 April 2012 |newspaper=The Times of India |date=20 April 2012 |author=IANS |place=Beijing |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421005310/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/Agni-V-can-reach-targets-8000-km-away-Chinese-researcher/articleshow/12742984.cms |archive-date=21 April 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=India downplaying Agni-V's potential: Chinese expert|url=http://www.firstpost.com/world/india-downplaying-agni-vs-potential-chinese-expert-282176.html|access-date=20 April 2012|newspaper=First Post}}</ref> The exact range of the Agni-V missile is classified.<ref name="Deccan">{{cite news|title=Agni V can launch mini-satellites too|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/243544/agni-v-can-launch-mini.html|access-date=21 April 2012|newspaper=Deccan Herald|date=21 April 2012|author=DHNS|place=New Delhi}}</ref>  ''[[Business Standard]]'' reported that the range of Agni-V can be increased if needed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/india-launches-5-000-km-range-agni-5-missile-successfully-112042002020_1.html|title=India launches 5,000-km range Agni-5 missile successfully|last=Shukla|first=Ajai|date=2012-04-20|work=[[Business Standard]]|access-date=2019-10-19|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190625034521/https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/india-launches-5-000-km-range-agni-5-missile-successfully-112042002020_1.html|archive-date=25 June 2019}}</ref>

In future, Agni-V is expected to feature [[Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle]] (MIRVs) with each missile being capable of carrying 2–10 separate nuclear warheads.<ref name="India test fires ICBM Agni V">{{cite news|url=http://indiavoice.info/201204191543/news-desk/latest-news/india-test-fires-icbm-agni-v.html|title=India test fires ICBM Agni V|date=19 April 2012|publisher=IndiaVoice|access-date=20 April 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218181049/http://indiavoice.info/201204191543/news-desk/latest-news/india-test-fires-icbm-agni-v.html|archive-date=18 February 2013}}</ref> Each warhead can be assigned to a different target, separated by hundreds of kilometres; alternatively, two or more warheads can be assigned to one target.<ref name="ref1">{{cite web|url=http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/oct/12/what-makes-5000-km-range-agni-5-missile-deadlier.htm |title=What makes 5000 km range Agni-5 missile deadlier|publisher=News.rediff.com |date=12 October 2009 |access-date=20 October 2011}}</ref> MIRVs ensure a credible [[second strike]] capability even with few missiles. According to DRDO sources, a MIRV payload would be significantly heavier, since it would consist of several nuclear warheads, each of them weighting about 400 kilogrammes. A 5-warhead MIRV, therefore, would weigh two tonnes.<ref name="capsindia.org"/><ref name="mirv" />

In India, the success of the launch was received with much acclaim and widespread media coverage. Indian Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] as well as Defence Minister [[A.K. Antony]] congratulated the [[DRDO]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120422060323/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pm-congratulates-drdo-for-successful-agniv-test/250101-3.html CNN IBN: Agni-V missile test-fired: PM congratulates DRDO]. Ibnlive.in.com (10 May 2011). Retrieved 20 April 2012.</ref> <ref name="TOI_test1">{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Agni-5s-launch-is-a-major-milestone-defence-minister-A-K-Antony-says/articleshow/12727177.cms | title=Agni-5's launch is a major milestone, defence minister A K Antony says | date=19 April 2012 | agency=[[Press Trust of India]] | access-date=19 April 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> Missile Program Director [[Avinash Chander (DRDO)|Avinash Chander]] hailed the launch saying it signified "giant strides."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Agni-V-capable-of-reaching-China-test-fired-successfully/articleshow/12729800.cms | title=Agni-V, capable of reaching China, test-fired successfully | work=The Times of India| date=19 April 2012 | access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> <ref name="jagran_test1">{{cite news | url=http://www.jagran.com/news/national-agni5-entry-ticket-for-p5-club-9157285.html | title=अग्नि-5: पी-5 क्लब का एंट्री टिकट! | publisher=jagran.com | date=20 April 2012|newspaper=[[Dainik Jagran]] | agency=Jagran Bureau  | access-date=20 April 2012}}</ref>

*{{PRC}} – A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry said, "China and India are large developing nations. We are not competitors but partners. We believe that both sides should cherish the hard-won good state of affairs at present, and work hard to uphold friendly strategic co-operation to promote joint development and make positive contributions towards maintaining peace and stability in the region."<ref name="bbcrep"/> The state-owned [[China Central Television]] (CCTV) reported that the test was "a historic moment for India, and it shows that India has joined the club of the countries that own ballistic missiles."<ref name="bbcrep" /> However, CCTV listed some of the missile's shortcomings and reported that "it does not pose a threat in reality." More negative commentary can be found in [[Global Times]], a state-run tabloid, which reported that India "still lags behind in infrastructure construction, but its society is highly supportive of developing nuclear power and the West chooses to overlook India's disregard of nuclear and missile control treaties" and warned India not to "over-estimate its strength". Subsequently, they also claimed that although India may have missiles that can reach all parts of China, India stands "no chance in an overall arms race" with the country.<ref name="India test fires ICBM Agni V"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.firstpost.com/world/china-critical-of-agni-v-launch-says-india-being-swept-by-missile-delusion-280582.html | title=China critical of Agni-V launch, says India being swept by missile delusion | work=First Post| date=19 April 2012 | access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> Chinese experts say that the missile actually has the potential to reach targets {{convert|8000|km}} away and that the Indian government had "deliberately downplayed the missile's capability in order to avoid causing concern to other countries".<ref name="chineseCL"/><ref name="chinaprovoke">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Agni-V-China-tries-to-provoke-Agni-V-fear-says-it-can-hit-Europe/articleshow/12752380.cms|title=Agni-V: China tries to provoke Agni-V fear, says it can hit Europe|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=20 April 2012|location=BEIJING}}</ref>

*{{flagu|Pakistan}} – Pakistani websites and news agencies prominently displayed news of the launch.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.firstpost.com/world/pak-websites-flooded-with-news-of-indias-missile-launch-280682.html | title=Agni-V launch news floods Pak websites | work=First Post| date=19 April 2012 | access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> An article by the Associated Press reported that Pakistani officials showed no concern, with the foreign office spokesman saying only that India had informed it of the test ahead of time in line with an agreement they have."<ref name=Google/>

*{{flagu|United States}} – The United States stated that India boasted of an excellent non-proliferation record and that it had engaged with the international community on such issues.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.firstpost.com/world/india-has-a-solid-nonproliferation-record-us%E2%80%8E-280530.html | title=India has a solid non-proliferation record: US | work=First Post| date=19 April 2012 | access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> A US State Department spokesman said, "We urge all nuclear-capable states to exercise restraint regarding nuclear capabilities. That said, India has a solid non-proliferation record."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/20/world/asia/india-says-it-successfully-tests-nuclear-capable-missile.html?_r=3&hp |title=India, Eye on China, Tests Missile With Longer Range |author=Heather Timmons and Jim Yardley |date=19 April 2012 |work=The New York Times|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> Moreover, responding to comparisons with [[Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3|North Korea's attempted launch of a long-range rocket that same week]], [[Jay Carney]] said that, "India's record stands in stark contrast to that of North Korea, which has been subject to numerous sanctions, as you know, by the United Nations Security Council."<ref name=Google>{{cite news|title=India missile test has few critics, unlike NKorea |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jRj66ICXThTxXDc5ngYGynLWXWJw?docId=179301bd1e9e4ce39b29105d4703562e |newspaper=Associated Press |date=19 April 2012 |access-date=19 April 2012 |author=Ravi Nessman |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421233136/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jRj66ICXThTxXDc5ngYGynLWXWJw?docId=179301bd1e9e4ce39b29105d4703562e |archive-date=21 April 2012 }}</ref>

: A Washington-based think tank has claimed that the US is supportive of India's efforts to close missile gap with China and is comfortable with the progress being made by New Delhi in this regard. Lisa Curtis, senior research fellow for South Asia, and Baker Spring, research fellow in National Security Policy, at [[The Heritage Foundation]], a [[conservative think tank]] said in a commentary, "The lack of US condemnation of India's latest missile test demonstrates that the US is comfortable with Indian progress in the nuclear and missile fields and appreciates India's need to meet the emerging strategic challenge posed by rising China". "It is telling that no country has criticised India's missile test", the US experts wrote.<ref name=IExpress2>{{cite news|title=US supports India closing missile gap with China: Think tank|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/us-supports-india-closing-missile-gap-with-china-think-tank/940824/|access-date=1 May 2012|newspaper=IndianExpress News Service|date=24 April 2012}}</ref> "The US change in position with regard to Indian missile capabilities demonstrates how far the US-India relationship has evolved over the last decade", Curtis and Spring said.<ref name=toi2442012>{{cite news|title=US appreciates India closing missile gap with China|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-24/india/31391744_1_nuclear-capable-missile-test-nuclear-deterrence|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120426103944/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-24/india/31391744_1_nuclear-capable-missile-test-nuclear-deterrence|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 April 2012|access-date=1 May 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=24 April 2012}}</ref>

*{{flagu|NATO}} – [[NATO]] Secretary General [[Anders Fogh Rasmussen]] stated that they did not think India was a missile threat, nor a threat to NATO and its allies, despite India's advancement in missile technology.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.firstpost.com/world/india-poses-no-missile-threat-nato-280338.html | title=India poses no missile threat: NATO | work=First Post| date=19 April 2012 |access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref>