Days after the successful test of Agni-V Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), India test fired the nuclear strategic ballistic missile Agni-IV from a test range off the coast of Odisha on Sunday morning.
File photo showing the first successful test firing of Agni-IV missile in 2014. (Photo: GODL-India)
Days after the successful test of Agni-V Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), India test fired the nuclear strategic ballistic missile Agni-IV from a test range off the coast of Odisha on Sunday morning.
The surface-to-surface intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) was fired at 8.30 am in the morning from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island by the Strategic Forces Command of Indian Army.
The missile was launched from launchpad number-4 of the integrated test range.
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Agni-IV has an operation range of 4,000 km and can strike targets anywhere in east Africa and Southeast Asia. The missile weighs 17,000 kilograms and is 20 metres long.
Defence sources said that missile was test-fired as a part of user training exercise.
The missile, which has the latest features to correct and guide itself for in-flight disturbances, is equipped with state of the art Avionics, 5th generation onboard computer and distributed architecture.
First test fired on 20 January 2014, the two-stage missile can take a nuclear warhead of one ton.
On 10 December, India had test-fired the Agni-V ICBM successfully for the seventh time.
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While Agni-I, II and III are part of India’s missile arsenal both Agni-IV and Agni-V are to be made fully operational.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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