Bhadrak: India on Monday successfully test-fired the indigenously developed surface-to-surface ballistic missile Agni- 5 missile from the Integrated Test Range at Dr Abdul Kalam Island (formerly known as Wheeler Island) off the Dhamra coast in Odisha’s Bhadrak district.
The missile was launched from the mobile launcher at 1.30 pm.
Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Agni-5 is a nuclear-capable long-range missile with new technologies in terms of navigation and guidance, warhead and engine. The three-stage, 17-metre tall and 2-metre wide missile has a range of 5000 km. It can carry a nuclear warhead weighing up to 1.5 tonnes.
Agni-5 was test-fired for the first time on April 19, 2012, then on September 15, 2013, the third test was on January 31, 2015, the fourth on December 26, 2016, fifth on January 18, 2018 and the last test was conducted on June 3, 2018.
