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.