India on Thursday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni-I missile from a military base in Odisha, a Defence official said.
The missile, which can strike a target 700 km away and can carry a one-tonne nuclear warhead, was tested by the armed forces as part of user trial from a facility on Wheeler Island in Bhadrak district. “It was a perfect launch,” director of the test range MVKV Prasad said. Scientific Advisor to Defence Min, Avinash Chander and DRDO DG Dr VG Sekaran witnessed the launch. Agni is an intermediate range ballistic missile, which uses solid propulsion booster and a liquid propulsion upper stage, derived from India’s first indigenously developed ballistic missile Prithvi.