A user trial of the Agni-I missile is likely to be carried out from launching complex of the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Wheeler Island at Dhamra on Friday.
As personnel of the user unit of the Indian Army have already arrived at the ITR, the missile would be carried out by the specially raised unit, the Strategic Forces Command (SFC), with the assistance of the scientists and officers of the DRDO.The 15-metre tall Agni-1, weighing about 12 tonnes, is a single-stage, solid-fuel and road and rail mobile medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM).The missile, having a range of about 700 km, has a highly specialised navigation system which ensures that it reaches the target with a high degree of accuracy. It is capable of carrying both conventional as well as nuclear warheads of one tonne.