BALASORE: India today successfully test- fired intercontinental long-range
ballistic surface to surface missile Agni V with a range of 5,000 km from the Abdul
Kalam Island Island off Odisha coast. Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) sources said Agni 5 missile, India’s longest range nuclear capable missile took off from the launch pad at Abdul Kalam Island at 0955 hours and started rising exactly the way it was designed for.
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 the by DRDO, performed exactly the way they are intended to, a statement said, The indigenously developed Composite Rocket Motors have performed well and made India completely self-reliant.
The ships located in mid-range and at the target point have tracked the vehicle and witnessed the final event. All the radars and electro-optical systems along the path monitored the parameters of the missile and displayed in real time.
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.
The 17-meter-long, 2 meter wide and weighing nearly 50 tonnes surface-to-surface missile Agni-V could carry a pay-load of 1 tonne, defence sources said. (agencies)
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