Night Launch of Nuclear Capable Agni Prime Missile Successfully Carried Out by India

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New Delhi: A night launch of new generation nuclear capable ballistic missile ‘Agni Prime’ was successfully carried out by India on April 3 from the Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha, boosting the country’s strategic deterrence capability. The test-flight was carried out on April 3 evening and it met all the trial objectives, validating the reliable performance, as confirmed from the data captured by a number of range sensors deployed at different locations, the defence ministry said.

The flight test of the missile was conducted by Strategic Forces Command (SFC), along with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The missile has a strike range of 1,000 to 2,000 km.

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Congratulating the DRDO, SFC and the armed forces for the successful test flight, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh stated that the successful development and induction of the missile will be an excellent force multiplier for the military.

According to the ministry, “Strategic Forces Command (SFC), along with the DRDO, conducted the successful flight-test of new generation ballistic missile Agni-Prime from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha at around 1900 hours on April 3. The test met all the trial objectives validating its reliable performance, as confirmed from the data captured by a number of range sensors deployed at different locations, including two downrange ships placed at the terminal point.”

The launch was witnessed by Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan, the Chief of Strategic Forces Command and senior officials from the DRDO and the Indian Army. Gen Chauhan and Chairman DRDO Samir V Kamat appreciated the efforts of the SFC and DRDO for the successful flight test.

Under its ‘Mission Divyastra’ last month, India successfully carried out the first flight test of indigenously developed Agni-5 missile with multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV). By carrying out the test, India joined a select group of nations having such a capability. The MIRV feature ensures that a single missile can deploy multiple war heads at different locations. Agni-5 missile has a range of up to 5,000 km and it can bring almost the entire Asia, including the northernmost part of China as well as some regions in Europe under its striking range. The Agni 1 to 4 missiles have ranges from 700 km to 3,500 km and they have already been deployed.

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India had successfully carried out the night launch of the ‘Agni Prime’ in June last year. Last year in April, India successfully carried out the maiden flight trial of an endo-atmospheric interceptor missile from a ship off the coast of Odisha in the Bay of Bengal as part of its ambitious ballistic missile defence programme. The purpose of the trial of the sea-based missile was to engage and neutralise a hostile ballistic missile threat thereby elevating India into an elite club of nations having such a capability. India has been developing capabilities to intercept hostile ballistic missiles both inside and outside the earth’s atmospheric limits.

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