Balasore: In a bid to induct its first long-range China-specific missile in the armed forces, India is contemplating a fresh test-firing of 3,500-km range nuclear-capable Agni-III missile from a defence base off the Odisha coast.
Defence sources said preparation for the launching of the countrys most potent missile, Agni-III, has already begun at the Wheeler Island. The missile is expected to be flight-tested anytime in the first week of September.
The test follows the successful user trials of two Agni variant missiles __ Agni-I and Agni-II __ by the Indian Army. Both the Pakistan- specific missiles have already been inducted in the armed forces.
While this will be the fifth experimental trial of Agni-III missile, its success would pave the way for its induction and propel the DRDO to go for user trials in the limited stock production (LSP) series. ...
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09:55 AM, Aug 19, 2012
Bhubaneswar: India test-fired its nuclear capable Agni-II strategic ballistic missile on Thursday from the Wheeler island of Odisha coast at 8:45 am. The medium-range missile with a range of over 2,000 km has been already inducted and is part of Strategic Forces arsenal for nuclear deterrence. The two-stage missile, equipped with an advanced high-accuracy navigation system and guided by a novel state-of-the-art command and control system, is powered by a...
09:11 AM, Aug 09, 2012
Bhubaneswar: India may test fire its nuclear capable Agni-II strategic ballistic missile on Thursday from a base in Odisha, official sources said on Wednesday. The test is likely to be conducted from Wheeler's Island in Bhadrak district, about 200 km from in Bhubaneswar, by army personnel as part of a training exercise. The medium-range missile with a range of over 2,000 km has been already inducted and is part of...
02:54 AM, Aug 09, 2012
Balasore (Odisha): Adding teeth to its nuclear deterrence, India on Tuesday successfully test-fired an advanced variant of nuclear-capable Agni-II ballistic missile with a strike range of 3,000 km from an island off Odisha coast. "The surface-to-surface intermediate range missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher" at 0900 hours from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Wheeler Island, about 100 km from Balasore, defence sources said. Christened "Agni-II Prime", the new...
10:22 AM, Nov 15, 2011
Balasore: India's nuclear-capable, surface-to-surface Agni-II ballistic missile, with a strike range of 2000 kms, was on Friday test-fired as part of user trial by the Army from the Wheeler Island off Orissa coast. The indigenously developed missile was fired by personnel of the Strategic Forces Command (SFC) of the army from Launch Complex-IV of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at about 0930 hours, defence sources said. Agni-II, developed as one...
10:03 AM, Sep 30, 2011
The 2,000 km range missile will be able to hit targets in the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea and the South China Sea. ...
01:50 AM, May 18, 2010
Surface-to-surface missile was tested from a rail mobile launcher near Dhamara. ...
12:19 PM, Feb 07, 2010
The aim of the test was to give the Army confidence to fire the missile on its own. ...
11:45 AM, May 19, 2009
The inter-mediate range missile can carry nuclear warheads and reach targets across much of Asia. ...
01:33 PM, Apr 13, 2007
