TNN, Balasore :
Agni-1 missile, with a strike range of 700km, was successfully test-fired from the Wheeler’s Island off the Odisha coast on Thursday.
The Strategic Forces Command (SFC) conducted the trial at 11.11am as a part of its periodic training activity to further consolidate operational readiness, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) sources said.
The trajectory of the trial was tracked by a battery of sophisticated radars, telemetry observation stations, electro-optic
instruments and naval ships. “The missile covered 650km in nine minutes and met all parameters. It was a Mark-02 version of the missile,” said a scientist of the Integrated Test Range (ITR). ITR director MVKV Prasad, additional director Binay Kumar Das and senior scientists were present.
The single-stage missile developed by DRDO under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme is propelled by solid rocket propellant system. A specialized navigation system ensures that it reaches the target with a high degree of accuracy and precision.
Weighing 12 tonne, the 15-metre-long Agni-I, which can carry payloads up to 1,000kg, has already been inducted into the Indian Army.
Agni-I was first tested at ITR, Chandipur, in 1989. The last trial of the Agni-I missile was successfully carried out on April 12, 2014 from the same base. It was first trial that was launched after sunset.
Agni-1 missile, with a strike range of 700km, was successfully test-fired from the Wheeler’s Island off the Odisha coast on Thursday.
The Strategic Forces Command (SFC) conducted the trial at 11.11am as a part of its periodic training activity to further consolidate operational readiness, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) sources said.
The trajectory of the trial was tracked by a battery of sophisticated radars, telemetry observation stations, electro-optic
instruments and naval ships. “The missile covered 650km in nine minutes and met all parameters. It was a Mark-02 version of the missile,” said a scientist of the Integrated Test Range (ITR). ITR director MVKV Prasad, additional director Binay Kumar Das and senior scientists were present.
The single-stage missile developed by DRDO under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme is propelled by solid rocket propellant system. A specialized navigation system ensures that it reaches the target with a high degree of accuracy and precision.
Weighing 12 tonne, the 15-metre-long Agni-I, which can carry payloads up to 1,000kg, has already been inducted into the Indian Army.
Agni-I was first tested at ITR, Chandipur, in 1989. The last trial of the Agni-I missile was successfully carried out on April 12, 2014 from the same base. It was first trial that was launched after sunset.
