Countries That Have MIRV Tech

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India has joined the select group of nations with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle or MIRV technology 


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India achieved the feat with the first flight test of Mission Divyastra or Agni-5 MIRV


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While India is now a part of the elite club, US, UK, France, China and Russia already possess the MIRV tech


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The US was the first country to develop this technology. It deployed a MIRVed ICBM in 1970 and a MIRV SLBM in 1971


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The Soviet Union developed their MIRV-enabled ICBM and SLBM tech by the end of the 1970s


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UK and France also have MIRVed technology on their Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM)


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China has MIRVed on Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)


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Russia has both MIRVed ICBMs and SLBMs


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Pakistan is also believed to be experimenting with MIRV technology


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MIRVs permit a missile to deploy multiple nuclear warheads to different targets


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The warheads on these missiles can be released at different speeds and directions


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Some MIRVed missiles can hit targets as far as 1,500 kms apart


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