Agni-II Missile Successfully Test-Fired

After perfect trial of 'Shourya' and 'Prithvi-II', India today successfully test fired nuclear capable 'Agni-II' ballistic missile with a strike range of 2,000 km as part of user trial by armed forces from Wheeler Island off Orissa coast.

"The trial of Agni-II surface-to-surface missile, conducted from Launch complex-IV of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at around 0930 hrs, was successful meeting the mission objectives," ITR Director S P Dash said.

The indigenously built 'Agni-II', developed by Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), has already been inducted into armed forces and forms part of India's arsenal for strategic deterrence, defence sources said.

"It was a hat-trick after successful trials of Shourya and Prithvi-II on September 24 and 26, 2011 respectively. The successful launch once again proved reliability of the medium range missile," DRDO spokesman and scientist Ravi Kumar Gupta said.


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