10.11.15

Agni-IV successfully test-fired

In some pre-Diwali fireworks over the Bay of Bengal, India successfully tested the nuclear-capable Agni-IV missile, which has a strike range of 4,000-km, from the A P J Abdul Kalam (formerly Wheeler) Island off Odisha coast on Monday morning.
The user trial by the triService Strategic Forces Command (SFC), which saw the two-stage missile being fired from a mobile launcher at 9.45 am, met all mission parameters, said officials.
The country's most formidable missile, the over 5,000-km Agni-V, in turn, is slated to be tested in January-February. While the Agni-I (700-km), Agni-II (2,000-km) missile and Agni-III (3,000-km) missile have already been inducted by SFC, the Agni-IV and Agni-V missiles are currently undergoing developmental and user trials before their induction can take place in another two to three years.
Before Monday, the 20 metre-long Agni-IV missile had undergone one failed and four successful tests over the last five years, with the last one being conducted in December 2014.
The Agni-V missile , in turn, has been tested three times till now.

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