INDIA
TEST-FIRES NUCLEAR-CAPABLE AGNI-III MISSILE
India today successfully test-fired nuclear-capable
Agni-III ballistic missile from Wheeler Island off Odisha coast. The user trial
of the surface-to-surface missile was carried out by the Strategic Forces
Command of the Indian Army with logistic support from the Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO).
The indigenously developed missile was flight-tested from a mobile launcher at
launch complex number 4 of the Integrated Test Range at about 4.55 this
afternoon.
The entire trajectory of today's trial was monitored through various telemetry
stations, electro-optic systems and sophisticated radars located along the
coast, and by naval ships anchored near the impact point for data analysis.
Agni-III missile, which has a range of more than 3,000 km, is powered by a
two-stage solid propellant system.
It has a length of 17 metres, 2 metres diameter and launch weight is around 50
tonnes. It can carry a warhead of 1.5 tonne, which is protected by carbon all
composite heat shield.
The sleek missile, already inducted into the armed forces, is equipped with
hybrid navigation, guidance and control systems along with advanced on-board
computer. The electronic systems are hardened for higher vibration, thermal and
acoustic effects.
The first user trial of Agni-III was carried out on 21st September last year
from the same base was successful.
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