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| Successfully flight-test for the Indian Agni-II surface-to-surface ballistic missile. | |||
India
on Friday, September 30, 2011, successfully flight-tested the surface-to-surface
nuclear-capable Agni-II ballistic missile from Wheeler Island off the
Orissa coast. Defence sources said the missile, which has a range of more
than 2000 km, was fired from a rail mobile launcher at the Launching Complex-IV
of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at 9.30 am. |
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 Indian surface-to-surface nuclear-capable Agni-II ballistic missile |
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Strategic Forces Command of Indian Army carried out the test as part of
user training exercise. The mission met all objectives. |
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 Indian surface-to-surface nuclear-capable Agni-II ballistic missile during firing test |
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The
Agni missile family is envisaged to be the mainstay of the Indian missile-based
strategic nuclear deterrence. The Agni-II is a medium range ballistic
missile (MRBM) with two solid fuel stages and a Post Boost Vehicle (PBV)
integrated into the missile's Re-entry Vehicle (RV). The Agni-2 underwent its first flight test in April 1999 from Wheeler's Island in the Bay of Bengal. The test was conducted from a rail-car TEL. In 2001, the Agni-2 was tested from a road TEL. A third test, from a rail-car TEL, was made in August 2004. By the end of 2001, less than five Agni-2 missiles were operational, but their production rate from 2001-present is expected to be around 10 missiles per year. The missiles are operated by the 335 Missile Group at Secunderabad using 12 TEL vehicles. |
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