Nuclear-capable Agni-II strategic ballistic missile successfully test-fired

BHUBANESWAR: India on Sunday successfully test-fired its nuclearcapable Agni-II strategic ballistic missile from a military base in Odisha, a defence official said.


The test was conducted from Wheeler’s Island in Bhadrak district, around 200 km from here, at about 10.20 am by army personnel as part of routine user-trials, MVKV Prasad, director of the Integrated Test Range, said. “The missile successfully hit the target. It was a perfect launch,” he said.

The medium-range missile, with a range of over 2,000 km, has already been inducted into the army.