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Thursday, February 13 2025
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Agni-V missile test launched in Odisha

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Balasore:India conducted a second test flight of its indigenously developed nuclear- capable Agni-V long-range ballistic missile successfully which has a strike range of more than 5000 km, from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast on Sunday.

The three stage, solid propellant missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher from the launch complex-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at about 8:50am, defence sources said.

The surface-to-surface missile, which can carry a nuclear warhead of more than one tonne, witnessed an auto launch and detail results of the trial will be known after thorough analyses of all data retrieved from different radars and network systems, they said.

Todays launch,conducted in the presence of defence scientists and experts,was the second developmental trial of the long range missile while the first test was conducted on 19 April, 2012 which was a total success.

Unlike other missiles of indigenously built Agni series,the latest one AGNI-V is the most advanced version having some new technologies incorporated with it in terms of navigation and guidance, warhead and engine.

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