The Defence Ministry mentioned it efficiently carried out a coaching launch of short-range ballistic missile ‘Agni-1’ from APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha on Thursday. The coaching launch was carried out underneath the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command, efficiently validating all operational and technical parameters, the ministry mentioned in its assertion.
The defence ministry in its assertion on Thursday mentioned, “Coaching launch of Brief-Vary Ballistic Missile ‘Agni-1’ was carried out efficiently from APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha on December 07, 2023. Agni-1 is a confirmed very excessive precision missile system. The consumer coaching launch, carried out underneath the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command, efficiently validated all operational and technical parameters.”
In June this yr, the coaching launch of Medium-Vary Ballistic Missile, Agni-1 was efficiently carried out from Odisha’s APJ Abdul Kalam Island.
“A profitable coaching launch of a medium-range ballistic missile, Agni-1, was carried out by the Strategic Forces Command from APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha, on June 1,” mentioned the ministry in its assertion.
”The missile is a confirmed system, able to putting targets with a really excessive diploma of precision. The consumer coaching launch efficiently validated all operational and technical parameters of the missile,” the assertion additional learn.
A number of variants of the Agni sequence of missiles have been launched by India previously. A nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-V, having a strike vary of 5,000 km was efficiently test-fired in December final yr.
The Agni 1 to 4 missiles, that are already deployed, have ranges various between 700 km to three,500 km.