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.