India
Friday test fired its nuclear-capable Agni-III ballistic missile from a base in
Odisha, an official said.
The
surface-to-surface missile, with a range of over 3,000 km, was fired from a
launching complex of the Inner Wheeler Island near Dhamra in Bhadrak district,
about 200 km from here.
"The
test was successful. It was conducted by strategic forces command of the Indian
Army," DRDO spokesperson Ravi Kumar Gupta told IANS.
The
latest test comes two days after the second successful launch of the 4,000-km
range Agni-IV missile from the same base.
Agni-III
is capable of carrying warheads weighing up to 1.5 tonnes. It is 16 metres tall
and weighs 48 tonnes.
This
missile has a two-stage solid propellant system. It re-enters into the atmosphere
with a very high velocity.
Agni-III
is a Rail Mobile System capable and can be launched from anywhere in India.
The
other two missiles in Agni series - Agni-I and Agni-II - have a range of
750-800 km and over 1,500 km respectively. Both have been inducted in the armed
forces.
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