Intercontinental long range Surface-to- Surface Ballistic Missile Agni-5 test fired from Abdul Kalam island off Odisha coast

Balasore, Jun 03 : India on Sunday successfully test fired the long range surface-to- surface intercontinental ballistic missile, Agni-V, for its full range from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast.

The Agni V missile,India’s longest range nuclear capable missile took off from the launch pad four at 0950 hours in clear sky and started rising exactly the way it was designed for.

The flight performance of the missile having a range of 5000 km was tracked and monitored by radars, range stations and tracking systems all through the mission.

Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) sources said the missile followed the entire trajectory like in textbook with the three stages of propulsion, dropping and falling at appropriate times into Bay of Bengal.

The three propulsion stages, developed completely indigenously by the DRDO, went exactly the way they were intended to, a statement said,

The indigenously developed Composite Rocket Motors have performed well and made India completely self-reliant.

The missile will be so powerful that it can target most parts of Asia, including the northernmost parts of China and large parts of Europe as well.
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