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India test fires Agni-2 with range more than 2000 Km.

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Nuclear weapons capable, Agni-II ballistic missile was successfully test-fired for its full strike range of 2,000 km from the Wheeler Island off the Odisha Coast on Sunday.

The surface-to-surface missile was launched from a mobile launcher by the the personnel of Strategic Forces Command around 9. 40 am. After a reaching an altitude about 600 km, the missile climbed down and splashed into the waters of Bay of Bengal near its pre-designated impact point. in the Bay of Bengal with a two-digit accuracy, according to sources.

A battery of sophisticated radars, electro-optical tracking systems and telemetry stations along the East Coast tracked the trajectory and monitored various parameters of the missile from the launch till terminal phase during the 15-minute flight. Two down range ships also recorded the final event.

The two-stage, 20-metre tall missile, which can carry a payload of one tonne, has already been inducted.

The entire exercise was carried out by the SFC personnel as part of regular user training under the supervision of missile scientists from Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which designed and developed the weapon system.

V. G.Sekaran, Director-General DRDO, (Missiles and Strategic Systems), M V K V Prasad, Director of Integrated Test Range, Lakshminarayana, Project Director, senior DRDO scientists and Army officials others were present.

Agni-II ballistic missile succesfully test-fired - The Hindu

NOTE: Don't accuse Pakistan of "replying in kind" :P
And when on earth we would reply
 
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Nuclear weapons capable, Agni-II ballistic missile was successfully test-fired for its full strike range of 2,000 km from the Wheeler Island off the Odisha Coast on Sunday.

The surface-to-surface missile was launched from a mobile launcher by the the personnel of Strategic Forces Command around 9. 40 am. After a reaching an altitude about 600 km, the missile climbed down and splashed into the waters of Bay of Bengal near its pre-designated impact point. in the Bay of Bengal with a two-digit accuracy, according to sources.

A battery of sophisticated radars, electro-optical tracking systems and telemetry stations along the East Coast tracked the trajectory and monitored various parameters of the missile from the launch till terminal phase during the 15-minute flight. Two down range ships also recorded the final event.

The two-stage, 20-metre tall missile, which can carry a payload of one tonne, has already been inducted.

The entire exercise was carried out by the SFC personnel as part of regular user training under the supervision of missile scientists from Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which designed and developed the weapon system.

V. G.Sekaran, Director-General DRDO, (Missiles and Strategic Systems), M V K V Prasad, Director of Integrated Test Range, Lakshminarayana, Project Director, senior DRDO scientists and Army officials others were present.

Agni-II ballistic missile succesfully test-fired - The Hindu

NOTE: Don't accuse Pakistan of "replying in kind" :P
Is'nt the long range missile test supposed to take place on the 13th or 14th this month?
 
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Well there would be tests from our side
 
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Is'nt the long range missile test supposed to take place on the 13th or 14th this month?
12/13 November.
let the missile parts reach first through china & north korea, don't be so impatient :azn:
Oops ! Kim Jong un is limping ...so delivery is delayed . will have to wait bit longer ...
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On a serious note, lets get back to the topic.
 
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