India successfully test-fires Nuclear capable Agni Prime missile off Odisha coast

Balasore: India Monday Successfully test-fired its new generation nuclear-capable Agni Prime missile from a defence base off Odisha coast, DRDO sources said.

The surface-to-surface ballistic missile has a range of 1000 to 2000 km, it said.

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India successfully test-fired the Agni-Prime missile today, off the coast of Odisha.

It can hit targets up to a range of 2000 kms, & is very short & light in comparison with other missiles in this class. A lot of new technologies incorporated in the new missile: DRDO officials pic.twitter.com/zq7ffypqFM

— ANI (@ANI) June 28, 2021

The sleek missile of the Agni series was test-fired from a mobile launcher off the Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha at 10.55 am, said a DRDO source.

Its trajectory was monitored by sophisticated tracking radars along the coast line.

The nuclear-capable missile has been designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).