NE NEWS SERVICE
BALASORE, DEC 18
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Saturday successfully test-fired its new generation Agni Prime missile. The test was done from a defence base off the Odisha coast in Balasore, government officials said. The Agni-P is a new generation advanced variant of the Agni class of missiles.
The @DRDO_India successfully tested New-Gen nuclear capable ballistic missile ‘Agni P’ fm Dr APJ Abdul Kalam island off Odisha Coast at 1106h on 18 #December2021
All telemetry, radar, electro-optical stations & ships on eastern coast monitored missile trajectory & parameters
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— PRO Defence Gujarat (@DefencePRO_Guj) December 18, 2021
The DRDO has now successfully tested the new generation Agni-P variant of the Agni class missiles. The surface ballistic missile with a range of 1000 to 2000 km, was tested in Balasore. Agni is a sleek missile, with advanced features. According to government officials, the new variant has a lot of new features.
The new Prime variant of the nuclear-capable strategic missile was added with various features during this test. The missile test met all its mission objectives with a high level of accuracy, it said. The missile, which has been designed and developed completely by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, was accurate and effective to the point. The successful test becomes yet another leap towards the government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative.
Following the successful test-firing, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the DRDO and expressed his happiness for the excellent performance of the system. The DRDO further informed that Secretary DDR&D and Chairman of DRDO Dr Satheesh Reddy also appreciated the efforts of the team to have done the second development flight trial with many additional features. The officials also congratulated the team behind the system for the consecutive successes within the same calendar year.
