First night trial of nuclear capable 'Agni-II' missile successfully test-fired in Odisha

India on Saturday conducted successfully first night trial of 'Agni-II', its versatile surface-to-surface medium-range nuclear capable missile from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast, defence sources said. missile has a strike range of 2000 km, sources said soon after it blasted off from a mobile launcher at Launch Complex-4 of Integrated Test Range (ITR), sources said.

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Night trial of Agni II

'Agni-II', an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) has alrey been inducted into armed forces. A defence official said this was first time that sophisticated missile was testfired at night. entire trajectory of trial was tracked by a battery of sophisticated rars, telemetry observation stations, electro-optic instruments and two naval ships located near impact point in downrange area of Bay of Bengal, DRDO sources said. 20-metre long two-st ballistic missile has a launch weight of 17 tonnes and can carry a paylo of 1000 kg over a distance of 2000 km, sources said. two-st missile equipped with vanced high accuracy navigation system was guided by a vel state-of--art command and control system and propelled by solid rocket propellant system, Defence official said. 2000 plus km range surface to surface missile has alrey been inducted and is part of countries arsenal for strategic deterrence. It was launched as a regular exercise undertaken by armed forces, he said. Saturday's test was carried out by specially formed Strategic Forces Command (SFC) of Army with logistic support from Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). 'Agni-II' was developed by vanced Systems Laboratory along with or DRDO laboratories and integrated by Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderab, sources said. 'Agni-11' is part of Agni series of missiles which includes Agni-I with a 700 km range, Agni-III with a 3,000 km range, Agni-IV and Agni-V both having long-range capabilities.

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first testfiring of proto of Agni-II missile was carried out on April 11, 1999. On May 17 2010, trial of nuclear-capable Agni-II ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 km was conducted by Special Strategic Command Force (SSCF) from ITR before it was me operational by Army. last trial was conducted on February 20, 2018, from same base.

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