Nov 27, 2015

Nuclear capable Agni-I missile successfully test-fired

11/27/2015
Indigenously developed nuclear capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile Agni-I was successfully test-fired from  Abdul Kalam Island (Wheeler Island) Odisha coast.as part of Strategic Forces Command (SFC) training exercise
 

About Agni I Missile

  • The DRDO had launched the Agni project in 1983 as Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme in India. The missile was first launched on January 25, 2002, and can be fired from road and rail mobile launchers..
  • Features: weighs around 12 tonnes and is 15-metre-long. Designed to carry both conventional and nuclear payload of about 1000 kg.
  • Can travel at a speed of 2.5 km/s and can destroy targets nearly 700 km away.
  • Equipped with sophisticated navigation system which helps to navigate missile to hit the target with a high degree of accuracy and precision.
  • The last trial of Agni-I, conducted on September 11, 2014 from the same base, was also successful.
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