India on Tuesday test-fired its indigenously-developed intermediate range ballistic missile Agni-II from the Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast.
The trial of the surface-to-surface missile was conducted from launch Complex-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Baleswar district at about 8.38 am, said a Defence Ministry official.
The trial was conducted by the Strategic Forces Command (SFC) of the Indian Army as part of its user training exercise, he added.
The Agni-II has already been inducted into the Indian Army. The two-stage missile equipped with advanced high accuracy navigation system, which is guided by a novel scheme of state-of-the-art command and control system, was propelled by solid rocket propellant system.
It has a strike range of more than 2,000 km, is 20 metres long, weighs 17 tonnes and can carry a payload of 1,000 kg.