AGNI-I
SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRED
India on Friday successfully test-fired
its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Agni-I ballistic missile with a
strike range of 700 km from a test range off Odisha coast as part of a user
trial by the Army.
The surface-to-surface, single-stage missile,
powered by solid propellants, was test-fired from a mobile launcher at 0933 hrs
from launch pad-4 of the Integrated Test Range at Wheeler Island, about 100 km
from Balasore.
"The test-fire of the ballistic missile was fully successful," ITR
Director M V K V Prasad said.
"Agni-I missile was launched by the Strategic Forces Command (SFC),"
he said, adding the DRDO developed medium-range ballistic missile from the
production lot was launched as part of regular training exercise by the armed
forces.
The Agni-I missile has a specialised navigation system which ensures it reaches
the target with a high degree of accuracy and precision, he said.
Weighing 12 tonnes, the 15-metre-long Agni-I, which can carry payloads up to
1000 kg, has already been inducted into the Indian Army.
Agni-I was developed by advanced systems laboratory, the premier missile
development laboratory of the DRDO in collaboration with Defence Research
Development Laboratory and Research Centre Imarat and integrated by Bharat
Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad.
The last trial of the sophisticated Agni-I missile was successfully carried out
on 12th December, 2012 from the same base
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