INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRES AGNI-I
BALLISTIC MISSILE
Sharpening
its missile prowess, India on December 12, 2012 successful' test-fired it’s indigenously
developed nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile with a strike range of 700
km from a test range off the Odisha coast.
The surface-to-surface
missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher from the Integrated Test Range at
Wheeler Island about 100 km from Balasore. Describing the test as
successful, ITR Director MVKV Prasad said, "It was a
practice trial conducted by the Strategic Force Command of the Indian
Army."
Agni-I, a
single-stage missile powered by solid propellants, has a specialised navigation
system which ensures that it reaches the target with a high degree of accuracy
and precision, a defence scientist said. Weighing 12 tonnes, the 15-metre-long
Agni-I is capable of carrying payloads up to 1000
kg and has already been inducted into the Indian Army. Agni-I has bem developed
by advanced systems laboratory, the premier missile development laboratory of
the Defence Research and Development Organisation in collaboration with Defence
Research Development Laboratory and Research Centre Imarat and
integrated by Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad. The last
trial of the Agni-I missile was successfully carried out on July 13, 2012 from
the same test range.
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