India successfully carried out the test-firing of the new generation nuclear-capable ballistic Agni-Prime from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam island at 10:55 am off the coast of Odisha.
Defence sources said indigenously developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the missile met all mission objectives.
“Various telemetry and radar stations positioned along the eastern coast tracked and monitored the missile. The missile has followed textbook trajectory, meeting all mission objectives with a high level of accuracy,” DRDO said in a statement.
DRDO further informed that the new Agni P missile has been developed with the cutting-edge technologies used in 4000-km range Agni-IV and 5000-km Agni-V missiles and can hit targets up to a range of 2000 km. It can be used to target enemy armadas in the Indo-Pacific.
Last Friday, DRDO successfully test-fired an extended range version of an indigenously-developed Pinaka rocket at Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.