Indigenously developed nuclear capable surface to surface ballistic missile Agni-I was successfully test fired off the Odisha coast.
Missile Test: It was conducted as part of training exercise by the Strategic Forces Command of Indian Army. Missile was fired from mobile launcher at launchpad-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast.
About Agni I Missile:
Agni-I is the 1st missile of the Agni series launched in 1983 by the DRDO as part of Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme in India.
Developed by: Advanced Systems Laboratory, the premier missile development laboratory of DRDO in collaboration with Defence Research & Development Laboratory, Research Centre Imarat and was integrated by the Hyderabad based Bharat Dynamics Ltd.
Powered by: Both solid & liquid propellants and can be fired from the road & rail mobile launchers.
Features: Missile weighs around 12 tonnes and is 15 metre long.
Payloads: Designed to carry both conventional & nuclear payload of about 1000 kg.
Speed & Range: It can travel at a speed of 2.5 KM/S and can destroy targets ranging between 700 & 1250 KM/S away.
Advance Technology:
It is equipped with sophisticated navigation system which helps to navigate missile to hit the target with a high degree of accuracy and the precision.
Induction: The Agni-I missile already has been inducted into the armed forces and claimed to be a part of the India’s minimum credible deterrence under No 1st to use policy. The 1st trial of Agni-I was conducted in 1989 and the last user trial was conducted in November 2015 from Dr. Abdul Kalam Wheeler Island.
India successfully test fired the Agni-I ballistic missile
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