India test-fires Agni II ballistic missile off Odisha coast

Bhubaneswar, February 20

India on Tuesday test-fired its indigenously developed intermediate range ballistic missile Agni II from the Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast.

The trial of the surface-to-surface missile was conducted from Launch Complex-4 of Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Balasore district at about 8.38 am, said a Defence Ministry official.

The trial was conducted by the Strategic Forces Command (SFC) of the Army as part of its user training exercise, he added.

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Agni II missile has already been inducted into the Army.

The two-stage missile equipped with advanced high accuracy navigation system, which is guided by a novel scheme of state-of-the-art command and control system was propelled by solid rocket propellant system.

It has a strike range of more than 2,000 km, is 20 metres long, weighs 17 tonnes and can carry a payload of 1,000 kg. IANS