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Medium Range Agni-II Nuclear Missile Successfully Tested By Strategic Forces Command

India has successfully test-fired its medium range nuclear capable Agni-II missile with a strike range of 2000 km as part of a user trial by the Army from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast. This is the third successful training launch of the Agni-II missile and was conducted by Strategic Forces Command (SFC). After the 2009 debacle when the missile failed to get launched twice, the current tests will help cement DRDO’s design capabilities as well as the credibility of Indian missiles. According to officials, the trial of the surface-to-surface Agni- II missile was conducted from a mobile launcher from the Launch Complex-4 of Integrated Test Range (ITR) yesterday. Read More...

India Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Agni-1 Missile Successfully

India has successfully test-fired its nuclear capable Agni-I strategic ballistic missile with a strike range of 700 kilometres from the test range at Wheeler Island off the coast of Orissa. The indigenously developed surface-to-surface, single-stage missile, powered by solid propellants, was test fired from a mobile launcher yesterday. The test-firing is part of the Indian Army’s user trials to gauge the Army's readiness to use it. The launch mission met all its objectives. The Agni-1 strategic ballistic missile was test fired by the Strategic Forces Command (SFC) of the Indian Army with logistic support from the state-run DRDO. Read More...

Indian Army to Conduct Tests on Agni Missile Variants this Month

The Indian Army will shortly be conducting flight tests of two Agni variant missiles in order to validate their performance in real time as well as test their lethality as weapons. The two missiles to be test-fired include the 700 kilometer range Agni I missile and 2,000 kilometer range Agni II missile. The tests on these Agni missiles, developed by Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), will begin this August and they will occur off the coast of Orissa from the Integrated Test Range complex. Read More...

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