India successfully test-fires Agni Prime missile off Odisha coast : The Tribune India

Join Whatsapp Channel

India successfully test-fires Agni Prime missile off Odisha coast

The surface-to-surface ballistic missile has a range of 1,000 to 2,000 km

India successfully test-fires Agni Prime missile off Odisha coast

PTI story



Balasore (Odisha) June 28

India on Monday successfully test-fired its new generation nuclear-capable Agni Prime missile from a defence base off Odisha coast, DRDO sources said.

The surface-to-surface ballistic missile has a range of 1,000 to 2,000 km, it said.

The sleek missile of the Agni series was test-fired from a mobile launcher off the Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha at 10.55 am, said a DRDO source.

Its trajectory was monitored by sophisticated tracking radars along the coast line.

The nuclear-capable missile has been designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). PTI


Top News

Goods train crashes into Kanchanjungha Express In Bengal, 5 dead

15 dead, 60 injured after goods train crashes into Kanchanjunga Express in West Bengal's Darjeeling

The mishap takes place near Rangapani station, about 7 km fr...

AAP picks Mohinder Bhagat for Jalandhar West Assembly bypoll

Punjab: AAP picks Mohinder Bhagat, BJP Sheetal Angural for Jalandhar West Assembly bypoll

Byelection was necessitated following the resignation of She...

Indian national Nikhil Gupta, accused of plotting to kill Gurpatwant Pannun, extradited to US

Indian national Nikhil Gupta, accused of plotting to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, extradited to US

Gupta is currently lodged at the federal Metropolitan Detent...


Cities

View All