During the test-launch, the weapon system achieved a precision-hit after reaching a height of 300 km.
India successfully carried out the flight test of indigenously developed nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-1 at 1.05 pm from Wheeler Island in Orissa on Sunday. It has a range of 700 km.
The missile was equipped with a new navigational technology which helps it to home on to the target. During the test-launch, the weapon system achieved a precision-hit after reaching a height of 300 km, defence sources said in New Delhi.
Senior army officials and scientists were present during the test. “The mission was successful and met all objectives,” SP Dash, director, interim test range (ITR) at Chandipur, said.
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) scientists monitored its trajectory path by a network consisting of radars, telemetry and electro-optical systems spread over land and sea.
Powered by solid propellants, the single-stage missile blasted off a mobile launcher mounted on rails. The missile’s dummy warhead later struck the waters of the Bay of Bengal, DRDO scientists said.
The user of the missile, the Strategic Force Command of the army, executed the operation with the necessary logistic support being provided by DRDO. The test was part of a mega mission called Sankalp. More tests are likely soon. The 12-tonne and 15-mt-high Agni-1 can carry payloads of one tonne. It has already been inducted into the army.
DRDO had, on Saturday, successfully test-fired the Prithivi-II and its naval version Dhanush. While Prithvi-II was test-fired from a mobile launcher in the ITR, Dhanush was test-fired from INS Subhadra, about 50 nautical miles from Puri.
Prithvi-II has a range of 295 km while Dhanush can cruise up to 350 km.
(With PTI inputs)
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