India today test fired its nuclear-capable Agni-III ballistic missile with a range of 3000km from a base in Odisha. The DRDO and the Strat...
India today test fired its nuclear-capable Agni-III ballistic missile with a range of 3000km from a base in Odisha.
The DRDO and the Strategic Forces Command (SFC), a specially raised missile-handling unit of the Indian Army carried out the test from the Wheeler Island test range off the Odisha coast.
The latest test comes two days after the second successful launch of the 4,000-km range Agni-IV missile from the same base.
Agni-III is capable of carrying warheads weighing up to 1.5 tonnes. It is16 metres tall and weighs 48 tonnes.
This missile has a two-stage solid propellant system. Agni-III is a Rail Mobile System capable and can be launched from anywhere in India.
DRDO has already carried out three consecutive successful trials of Agni-III in 2007, 2008 and 2010 thus making it full proof and a proven missile.
