India today successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile off Odisha coast.The missile has a strike range of 700 km.

The surface-to-surface, single-stage missile, powered by solid propellants, was test-fired from a mobile launcher at about 1010 hrs from launch pad of the Integrated Test Range at Wheeler Island.

Describing the launch as a routine user’s trial by the strategic force command of Indian Army, defence sources said that the main objective is to train the army user team to launch the missile.

Agni-I missile has a specialised navigation system which ensures it reaches the target with a high degree of accuracy and precision.

Weighing 12 tonnes, the 15-metre-long Agni-I, which can carry payloads up to 1000 kg, has already been inducted into the Indian Army.