Tuesday, March 15, 2016

India successfully tests fired Agni-I missile

India has successfully test-fired its surface-to-surface ballistic missile.Agni-I is capable of hitting a target range in between 700 and 1250 kilometers, from a test range off the Odisha coast.The missile system was supported by a mobile launcher and tested from the launch complex-4 of Integrated Test Range at Dr. Abdul Kalam Island.The missile can travel at a speed of 2.5 km per second. While the weight of the indigenously developed surface-to-surface Agni-I missile is 12,000 kilogram, it is 15 meters long and diameter of 1 meter.The user trial was conducted by Strategic Force Command of the Indian Army. The first trial of Agni-I was conducted in 1989 and the last user trial was conducted on November 27, 2015, from Dr. Abdul Kalam Wheeler Island.

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