Today, India has successfully launched the intermediate-range Agni-Prime Missile, an intermediate-range ballistic missile, from a rail-based mobile launcher system. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh praised the practice as the “first of its kind” and emphasized the innovation behind the specially designed rail-based mobile launcher.
DRDO perform launch of Agni-Prime Missile today
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted the launch. “First of its kind launch carried out from specially designed rail-based mobile launcher,” Singh said. He added that the missile can reach a range of up to 2,000 kilometers. The Defence Minister noted that the success of the flight test has placed India among the select countries that have developed a “canisterized launch system from an on-the-move rail network.”
“Congratulations to DRDO, Strategic Forces Command (SFC), and the Armed Forces on the successful test of the Intermediate Range missile. This successful flight,” Singh said.
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