BALASORE: India on Tuesday test-fired its medium range nuclear capable Agni-II missile with a strike range of two,000km from Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast, defence assets mentioned.
The trial of the surface-to-surface missile was once conducted from a cellular launcher on the release complex-4 of the built-in verify range (ITR) at around eight.38am, the assets mentioned.
The Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) has already been inducted into the services and products and Tuesday's verify was once carried out by way of the Army's strategic forces command (SFC) with logistic improve supplied by way of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), they mentioned.
The 20-mt-long Agni-II ballistic missile has a release weight of 17 tonne and can elevate a payload of one,000kg over a distance of two,000km.
The cutting-edge missile, already a part of the country's arsenal for strategic deterrence, was once launched as a training exercise by way of the defense force, a DRDO scientist mentioned.
Agni-II, a two-stage missile, provided with advanced prime accuracy navigation system and guided by way of a singular command and regulate system, was once propelled by way of forged rocket propellant system, he mentioned.
The complete trajectory of the trial was once tracked by way of a battery of refined radars, telemetry remark stations, electro-optic tools and two naval ships positioned close to the impact point in the down range area of the Bay of Bengal.
Agni-II was once advanced by way of the advanced methods laboratory together with other DRDO laboratories and built-in by way of the Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad, assets mentioned.
The missile is a part of the Agni sequence of missiles which includes the Agni-I with a 700km range, Agni-III with a 3,000km range, Agni-IV and Agni-V each having lengthy range functions.
The first proto type of the Agni-II missile was once carried out on April 11, 1999 and final release was once a user's trial on May 4, 2017.
The trial of the surface-to-surface missile was once conducted from a cellular launcher on the release complex-4 of the built-in verify range (ITR) at around eight.38am, the assets mentioned.
The Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) has already been inducted into the services and products and Tuesday's verify was once carried out by way of the Army's strategic forces command (SFC) with logistic improve supplied by way of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), they mentioned.
The 20-mt-long Agni-II ballistic missile has a release weight of 17 tonne and can elevate a payload of one,000kg over a distance of two,000km.
The cutting-edge missile, already a part of the country's arsenal for strategic deterrence, was once launched as a training exercise by way of the defense force, a DRDO scientist mentioned.
Agni-II, a two-stage missile, provided with advanced prime accuracy navigation system and guided by way of a singular command and regulate system, was once propelled by way of forged rocket propellant system, he mentioned.
The complete trajectory of the trial was once tracked by way of a battery of refined radars, telemetry remark stations, electro-optic tools and two naval ships positioned close to the impact point in the down range area of the Bay of Bengal.
Agni-II was once advanced by way of the advanced methods laboratory together with other DRDO laboratories and built-in by way of the Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad, assets mentioned.
The missile is a part of the Agni sequence of missiles which includes the Agni-I with a 700km range, Agni-III with a 3,000km range, Agni-IV and Agni-V each having lengthy range functions.
The first proto type of the Agni-II missile was once carried out on April 11, 1999 and final release was once a user's trial on May 4, 2017.
India test-fires medium range nuclear capable Agni-II missile
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