New Delhi: India on Tuesday successfully test-fired its short-range nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-1 with a strike range of over 700 km from a test range off the Odisha coast.
Defence officials said the indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile was launched as a part of a periodic training activity by the Strategic Forces Command of the Army to consolidate operational readiness.
The state-of-the-art missile was launched around 8.30 am from a mobile launcher at of the Integrated Test Range at the Dr Abdul Kalam Island. Describing the trial a complete success, they said that all the mission objectives were met during the test.