India’s Agni-II Missile Test Not Satisfactory: Media Report

The test-fire of India’s medium-range nuclear-capable Agni-II missile failed to meet all the desired parameters.

The Thursday trial of the missile conducted from a mobile launcher at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) on Abdul Kalam Island at around 10.25 am did not meet all the desired parameters, official sources were quoted as saying by Hindustan Times.

India test-fired its surface-to-surface missile that has a strike range of more than 2,000 kms on Thursday as part of a user trial by the army. The missile has a length of 20 metres, weighs 17 tonnes and can carry a payload of 1000 kgs

Agni-II has already been inducted into the services and Thursday’s test from Launch Complex-4 of the ITR was carried out by the Strategic Forces Command (SFC) as part of a training exercise.

Logistic support for it was provided by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), they said.

The two-stage missile equipped with advanced high- accuracy navigation system was propelled by solid rocket propellant system, the sources said.

It is a part of the Agni series of missiles developed by the DRDO which includes Agni-I (700-km range), Agni-III (3,000 kms), Agni-IV (4,000 kms) and Agni-V (more than 5,000 kms).

The last user trial of Agni-II conducted on November 9, 2014, from the same base was a success.