India on Thursday test fired Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in its final operational configuration from the Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast. It is capable of hitting northernmost China.
test firing of the missile has been another step towards India’s induction into Strategic Forces Command (SFC).
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But still, it is unknown whether the missile had reached all the parameters laid down for the test.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitaram tweeted,”We have successfully launched nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-V today,”
The Agni-V was last tested on December 26, 2016, which was then described as the fourth and final experimental test of the three-stage missile. The tri-Service SFC, established in 2003 to manage India’s nuclear arsenal, will have to conduct a few more user-trials before the 50-tonne missile is produced in adequate numbers for induction.
While the 17-meter long Agni-V was tested in an “open configuration” in April 2012 and September 2013, the third and fourth tests in January 2015 and December 2016 saw it being fired from a hermetically sealed canister mounted on a Tatra launcher truck.
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