India successfully test-fired indigenously developed nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-V off the Odisha coast on Monday, 10 December.
The surface-to-surface missile, having a strike range of 5,000 km, was launched at 1.30pm from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha’s Bhadrak district, Defence Ministry sources said, adding that the missile test was successful.
The missile developed by the Strategic Forces Command and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is the most advanced in terms of navigation and guidance, warhead and engine.
This was the seventh trial of the state-of-the-art Agni-V ballistic missile. It was last tested on 3 June 2018.
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