The medium-range nuclear capable Agni-II missile, with a strike range
of more than 2,000 km, was successfully test fired today from the
Wheeler Island off Odisha coast.
"The trial of the surface-to-surface missile was conducted from a
mobile launcher from the Launch Complex-4 of Integrated Test Range
(ITR) at around 10.20 AM," defence sources said.
"Agni-II Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) has already
been inducted into the services and today's test was carried out by the
Strategic Forces Command (SFC) of the Army as part of training exercise
with logistic support provided by the Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO)," the sources said.
The two-stage missile equipped with advanced high accuracy
navigation system, guided by a novel scheme of state of the earth
command and control system was propelled by solid rocket propellant
system, they said.
"The entire trajectory of the trial was tracked by a battery of
sophisticated radars, telemetry observation stations, electro-optic
instruments and naval ships located
near the impact point in the down range area of the sea," said a DRDO scientist.
The 20-metre long Agni-II is a two-stage, solid-propelled
ballistic missile. It has launch weight of 17 tonnes and can carry a
payload of 1,000 kg over a distance of 2,000 km.
The state-of-the-art Agni-II missile was developed by Advanced
Systems Laboratory (ASL) and integrated by the Bharat Dynamics Limited
(BDL), Hyderabad.
Agni-II is part of the Agni series of missiles developed by DRDO
which includes Agni-I with a 700 km range, Agni-III with a 3,000 km
range, Agni-IV with 4,000 km range and Agni-V more than 5,000 km range.
The last trial of Agni-II conducted on August 9 last year from the same base, was a total success.
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