India successfully test-fires Agni-I ballistic missile
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The surface-to-surface missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher at about 0830 hrs from launch pad-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Wheeler Island, about 100 km from Balasore, defence sources said.
Describing
the test as successful, ITR Director MVKV Prasad said, "It was a
practice trial conducted by the Strategic Force Command of the Indian
Army."
Agni-I,
a single-stage missile powered by solid propellants, has a specialized
navigation system which ensures that it reaches the target with a high
degree of accuracy and precision, a defence scientist said.
Weighting
12 tonnes, the 15-metre-long Agni-I, which is capable of carrying
payloads up to 1000 kg, has already been inducted into the Indian Army.
Agni-I
has been developed by advanced systems laboratory, the premier missile
development laboratory of the Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) in collaboration with Defence Research Development
Laboratory and Research Centre Imarat and integrated by Bharat Dynamics
Limited, Hyderabad.
The last trial of the Agni-I missile was successfully carried out on July 13, 2012 from the same test range.
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