India successfully testfires nuclear capable Agni II missile
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E-mail Xinhua, April 7, 2013
India Sunday successfully testfired its home-made, nuclear-capable, surface-to-surface Agni II missile from a defense base off the coast of the eastern state of Odisha, highly placed sources said.
"The medium-range Agni II missile, with a strike range of over 2,000 km, was testfired from Wheeler Island off Odisha coast at 10. 20 a.m. The Agni-II missile carried a dummy payload instead of a nuclear warhead during this test. The testfiring conducted by the Strategic Forces Command of the Indian Army was successful," the sources said.
The Agni II missile, developed by state-owned Defense Research and Development Organization, has already been inducted in the Indian Army. The missile is 20 meters long and weighs 17 tonnes. It can carry a payload weighing 1 tonne.
India plans to testfire Agni V, with a strike range of over 5, 000 km, in June.
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