India today successfully test-fired its nuclear capable Agni-I strategic ballistic missile, having a strike range of 700 km, as part of the Army’s user trial from the test range at Wheeler Island off Odisha coast.
Indigenously developed surface-to-surface, single-stage missile, powered by solid propellants, was test fired from a mobile launcher at about 0925 hrs from launch pad-4 of the Integrated Test Range.Describing the trial as successful, a senior official said it met the mission objectives.
A DRDO official said Agni-I missile has a specialised navigation system which ensures it reaches the target with a high degree of accuracy.Agni-I was developed by advanced systems laboratory, the premier missile development laboratory of the 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 25 November 2010 from the same base
