NUCLEAR- CAPABLE AGNI IV”S UCCESSFULLY TEST FIRED. THANKS TO ISRO SCIENTISTS. India today successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable strategic ballistic missile Agni-IV, with a strike range of about 4000 km, from a test range off the Odisha coast. This was the fourth trial of Agni-IV missile. The last trial was carried out successfully on January 20 this year from the same test range off Odisha coast. Supported by a mobile launcher, the sleek missile was flight tested from the launch complex-4 of Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Wheeler Island, at about 1020 hours. The test conducted by the specially formed Strategic Force Command (SFC) was successful, said Ravi Kumar Gupta, Director of the Directorate of Public Interface, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The sophisticated surface-to-surface missile is equipped with modern and compact avionics to provide high level of reliability, sources said
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 09:12:04 +0000
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