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India Successfully Test-Fires Nuclear Capable Agni V
Livemint 26 Dec. 2016 11:31
With Agni V’s fourth and final successful test from the Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast, India has joined an elite club of nations

A hand-out photograph released by DRDO shows the launch of an Agni V intercontinental ballistic missile at Wheeler Island off Odhisha coast on Monday. Photo: AFP
New Delhi: India on Monday successfully test-fired ‘Agni-V’ missile from the Abdul Kalam Island (earlier referred as Wheeler Island) off Odisha coast on Monday.

An indigenously built surface-to-surface nuclear capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), this was Agni V’s fourth trial.

The ICBM has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

At 17-metre tall, Agni V reportedly weighs in 50 tonnes and can carry nuclear warhead of about 1.5 tonnes up to a distance of more than 5,000 kms, which means it has capability to strike targets anywhere in all of Asia and parts of Africa, Europe and cover a large part of China.

This is reportedly the final test of the Agni V missile and with it India is now part of a select few club of nations with a similar capability.