March 28, 2010 5:18 PM

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India successfully test-fired Agni-1

India today successfully test-fired its indigenously developed, nuclear-capable, short range ballistic missile Agni-1 from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Wheeler Island, about 100 km from Balasore off the Orissa coast. Director of ITR, S P Dash told PTI that it was a fantastic mission carried out by the Indian Army. He said it met all parameters.<br/><br/>Blasted off from a rail mobile launcher, the surface-to-surface, single-stage missile, powered by solid propellants, roared into the sky at about 1305 hours. <br/><br/>The Agni-1 has a range of up to 700 kms. Weighing 12 tonnes, the 15 metre tall Agni-1, which can carry payloads weighing up to one tonne, has already been inducted into the Indian Army.<br/><br/>Earlier, India successfully test fired two nuclear capable missiles,Prithvi (P-II) and Danush yesterday.<br/>

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