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India successfully test-fired its nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile on Friday, having a range of 700 km, as part of training exercise to ensure preparedness. Agni 1 was launched today at 10:06 a.m. from the Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha . It was a textbook launch meeting all mission objectives and the missile reached the target point in the Bay of Bengal following the prescribed trajectory," said Avinash Chander, the Program Director of the missile program. The missile was launched from Road Mobile Launcher System and was tracked by Radar and Telemetry stations located along the coastline. Two Naval Ships located near the target point tracked the missile in the terminal phase of the Flight. Indigenously developed by the DRDO, the missile is already in the arsenal of Indian Armed Forces and was launched by the Strategic Forces Command as part of training exercise to ensure preparedness. Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister, witnessed the launch along with other eminent DRDO scientists. Defence Minister A K Antony congratulated the team on the successful launch of the Agni I. The Agni-I missile was last launched on December 1, 2011 from the same base.

Nuclear capable Agni-I missile successfully test-fired