28.11.15

India successfully test-fires Agni-I

India has successfully test-fired indigenously built nuclear-capable Agni-I missile, capable of hitting a target at a distance of 700 kms, from a test range off the Odisha coast as part of Strategic Forces Command (SFC) training exercise.
The surface-to-surface, single-stage missile, powered by solid propellants, was test-fired from a mobile launcher at 10.02 am from launch pad-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Abdul Kalam Island (Wheeler Island).
The trial was “part of the training exercise by SFC of Indian Army“, defence sources said, noting it was a “perfect launch“. “The exercise was conducted in a perfect manner and the trial was successful,“ they said. 

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