16 September 2013

News Story: India successfully tests nuke-capable Agni-V ballistic missile for second time


BALASORE, ODISHA (PTI): India on Sunday successfully conducted a second test flight of its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Agni-V long-range ballistic missile, which has a strike range of more than 5000 km, from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast.

The three-stage, solid propellant missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher from the launch complex-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at about 8:50 AM, defence sources said.

Describing the trial as a success, spokesman of Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) Ravi Kumar Gupta said it was successful like the maiden test flight of Agni-V missile conducted in April 2012.

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