28 April 2017

News Story: India testfires nuclear-capable Agni III ballistic missile

NEW DELHI, April 27 (Xinhua) -- India Thursday successfully testfired its intermediate range, nuclear-capable Agni-III ballistic missile from an island off the coast of the eastern state of Odisha, sources said.

"The testfiring from the Integrated Test Range of Abdul Kalam Island was part of an user trial of the 3,000-km range missile. It was carried out by the Strategic Forces Command with support from the state-owned Defense Research and Development Organization," sources said.

During the test-firing, all the mission objectives were met by the 17-meter tall, home-made missile, the sources said, adding that various parameters and trajectory of Agni-III were tracked and monitored in real time by radars along the east coast.

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