Agni V test fired again

India successfully testfired Agni-V from Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast on Sunday.
The ballistic missile is capable of delivering a nuclear warhead with high precision within a strike range of 5,000 km. The indigenously developed missile took off at 8.50 am from DRDO’s launch complex, flew on a predefined path and reached its destination with expected precision, said DRDO’s director (public interface) Ravi Kumar Gupta.
The missile, powered by three-stage solid rocket motors had a flawless, spectacular launch in auto mode. It followed its entire trajectory in textbook manner, dropping the three motors at predefined stages into the ocean, he said.
This was the second successful test of Agni -V. After the first test in April 2012, India joined a select band of countries that have successfully test firing its Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) which can hit targets in different parts of the world. In the process, India entered the company of the USA, China, Russia and France that have ICBM in their arsenal.
Agni-V is said to be capable of striking targets in China including Beijing besides parts of Europe, Africa and the Australian coast.