Intermediate-range ballistic missile Agni-IV was test-fired from Abdul Kalam Island off te Odisha coast on Monday.
The user trial of the nuclear-capable missile was conducted at 11.50 am from a mobile launcher, sources said. This was the sixth test of the missile and the second user associate launch.
Designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the Agni-IV is 20 metre-long and weighs 17 tonne.
The missile has the capacity to carry one-tonn nuclear warhead over a distance of 4,000 km. It is equipped with state-of-the-art technologies that include indigenously-developed ring laser gyro and composite rocket motor. It is a two-stage missile powered by solid propellant.
The Agni-IV has undergone one failed and five successful tests over the course of five years.