A user trial of the Agni-III missile is likely to take place from the Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast on Monday. It would be the missile’s second trial by the Strategic Forces Command (SFC).
The two-stage surface-to-surface missile, which uses solid propellants, is 17 metres in length, weighs about 50 tonnes and has a diameter of two metres. It can cover a distance of 3,000 km to 3,500 km in about 14 minutes. It can carry a nuclear warhead weighing about 1.5 tonnes.