India on Thursday successfully test-fired its medium-range nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile Agni-II from the launch Complex-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) located in Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast as a part of its user trial.
The Strategic Forces Command (SCF), a specially raised missile handling unit of the Indian Army, carried out the test at 10.20 am.
The Agni-II has two solid fuel stages and a Post Boost Vehicle (PBV) integrated into the missile’s Reentry Vehicle (RV). The 20-metre weapon is a two-stage, solid-propelled ballistic missile.
It has a strike range of more than 2,000 km, is 20-metre-long, weighs 17 tonnes and can carry a payload of 1,000 kg.