27-11-2010
India on Thursday successfully test-fired the indigenously developed surface-to-surface Agni I missile from the DRDO’s Interim Test Range (ITR) located at the Wheelers Island off the Orissa coast.
Key Features :- 15-meter-long missile
- It has the capability to hit a target at a distance of 700 km carrying both conventional as well as nuclear warheads up to one tonne
- This was, in fact, the missile’s ninth test flight.
- This missile has already inducted into the Indian Army.
- After the test launch, the path of the missile was tracked by radars of the ITR as well as a ship of the Indian Navy.