INDIA on Thursday successfully test-fired ballistic missile Agni-4 from the integrated test range in Odisha’s Chandipur. The test-firing of the missile was carried out by the Strategic Forces Command. “Medium Range Ballistic Missile ‘Agni-4’ was successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur in Odisha on August 6,” the Defence Ministry said. “The launch validated all operational and technical parameters. The test was carried out under the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command,” it said. The Agni missiles are long-range, nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missiles.

 

The missile had achieved all mission objectives, validating critical technologies and demonstrating India’s growing long-range precision strike capability. On June 15 this year, the DRDO conducted the successful flight test of the indigenously developed Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM). “All the test objectives were fully met, as per the data captured by various tracking instruments deployed by Integrated Test Range, Chandipur,” said the R&D wing of the Ministry of Defence in a statement. The launch was witnessed by senior officials from DRDO and user representatives from the Indian Navy & the Indian Air Force. Among those who monitored the launch activities were the Defence Secretary & Secretary, Department of Defence (R&D), and the Chairman, DRDO, Rajesh Kumar Singh. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had congratulated the entire DRDO team and the Industry Partners on the successful flight test of LRLACM and commended the efforts of all team members involved.