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N-capable Agni II test-fired

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Bhubaneswar: India Friday successfully test-fired the nuclear capable Agni-II strategic ballistic missile from a defence base in Orissa.

This is the third Indian missle test this week, a hattrick of sorts, after the successful lauches of Shourya and Prithvi-II missiles on Sep 24 and 26 respectively.

The surface-to-surface missile, with a range of over 2,000 km, was test fired in Bhadrak district, said S.P. Dash, director of the Integrated Test Range at Wheeler’s Island, about 200 km from here.

“It was a perfect launch,” Dash told IANS. He added that the missile was tested at about 9.30 a.m.

The launch of the missile was postponed Aug 29 due to a technical snag.

The Agni-II is part of India’s Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme.

“The medium-range missile, already inducted and part of Strategic Forces arsenal for nuclear deterrence, was launched as a training exercise by the armed forces,” a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) release said.

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 solid rocket propellant system. “The missile reached an apogee (peak altitude) of 220 km and hit the target. All the radar, telemetry systems and ectopic system tracked and monitored all parameters throughout the missile’s trajectory. Two ships located near the target point tracked the missile in the final stage,” the DRDO release said.

DRDO first tested the Agni-II in 1999. However, the Indian Army’s Strategic Forces Command which operates the missile, could test it only May 17, 2010 after two successive failures in 2009. (IANS)

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