Balasore: India Monday Successfully test-fired its new generation nuclear-capable Agni Prime missile from a defence base off Odisha coast, DRDO sources said.
The surface-to-surface ballistic missile has a range of 1000 to 2000 km, it said.
India successfully test-fired the Agni-Prime missile today, off the coast of Odisha.
It can hit targets up to a range of 2000 kms, & is very short & light in comparison with other missiles in this class. A lot of new technologies incorporated in the new missile: DRDO officials pic.twitter.com/zq7ffypqFM
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The sleek missile of the Agni series was test-fired from a mobile launcher off the Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha at 10.55 am, said a DRDO source.
Its trajectory was monitored by sophisticated tracking radars along the coast line.
The nuclear-capable missile has been designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).