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India test fires indigenously Agni-I (A) ballistic missile from Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast

India Currently Has The Agni-I (700-km Range), Agni-II (2,000-km Range), Agni-III And Agni-IV (over 3,500-km Range), And The Supersonic Brahmos Missiles. It Had Previously Tested Agni-V On December 26, 2016 Off Wheeler Island On The Odisha Coast.

News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Neha Singh | Updated on: 06 Feb 2018, 10:48:24 AM
 Agni-I (A) ballistic missile

New Delhi:

India successfully test fired indigenously developed nuclear capable Agni-I (A) ballistic missile from Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast today at 8.30 AM. The test was conducted by the Strategic Force Command of Indian Army.

India currently has the Agni-I (700-km range), Agni-II (2,000-km range), Agni-III and Agni-IV (over 3,500-km range), and the supersonic Brahmos missiles. It had previously tested Agni-V on December 26, 2016 off Wheeler Island on the Odisha coast. This was described as the fourth and final experimental test of the missile.

ABOUT Agni-I (A) ballistic missile

# It processes a range of 700 km

# Agni-I is the first missile of the country’s most ambitious Agni series designed and developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

# The missile is powered by both solid and liquid propellants which imparts it a speed of 2.5 km per second. 

# Agni-I, having a height of 15 metres, can be launched from both road and rail mobile launchers.

# The missile weighs around 12 tonnes and can carry both conventional and nuclear payload of about 1000 kg.

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First Published : 06 Feb 2018, 10:41:01 AM

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