Odisha

Agni-5 Missile Test-Fired Off Odisha Coast

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OB Bureau

Balasore: India on Sunday successfully tested its nuclear-capable surface-to-surface missile, Agni-5, from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Dr Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha’s Balasore district.

The missile was tested from launch pad number 4 at around 9:50 am.

The nuclear-capable surface-to-surface missile was fired at a strike range of 5, 000 km. The missile has the capacity to cover almost all parts of China.

This was for the sixth time the missile was test-fired successfully. It was last tested on January 18 this year.

Agni-5 is the most advanced missile in the Agni series, owing to its navigation and guidance, warhead and engine. The missile has been designed in a manner that after reaching the peak of its trajectory it will head down to the earth’s surface, towards the target, with enhanced speed because of the gravitational pull, sources said.

OB Bureau

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