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- The father of Agni missiles, RN Agarwal, died at the age of 84.
- RN Agarwal was a recipient of the Padma Bhushan.
- He had served as the Agni program director and also as the director of ASL (Advanced Systems Laboratory) in Hyderabad.
- The Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMP) was launched by Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, and Agni was a key program in it.
- Agni missile is a family of medium- to intercontinental-range ballistic missiles.
- Agni-I was developed under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (lGMDP) and tested in 1989.
- Agni-5 can carry nuclear warheads and hit targets more than 5,000 km away. It uses a three-stage solid-fuel engine.
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