From the Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast, India test fired it’s indigenously built intermediate range ballistic missile Agni II on Tuesday.
According to a defence official, the trial of the surface to surface missile was conducted from Launch Complex-4 of Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Balasore district.
Th trial was done by Strategic Forces Command (SFC). This was part of their user training exercise.
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The two-stage missile equipped with advanced high accuracy navigation system, which is guided by a novel scheme of state-of-the-art command and control system was propelled by the solid rocket propellant system. The missile has already been inducted into Indian Army.
This missile which measures 20 metres long, weighs 17 tonnes and can carry a payload of 1,000 kg and can shoot up to distance up to 2,000 km.
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