India successfully test fires nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-II

Bhubaneswar: India on 4 May successfully test-fired its medium-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-ll off the Odisha coast.[caption id="attachment_3411208" align="alignleft" width="380"] Representational Image. Wikimedia Commons[/caption]The trial of the surface-to-surface missile was conducted from Launch Complex-4 of Integrated Test Range (ITR) in the APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Balasore district, said Defence Ministry officials.The Strategic Forces Command (SCF), a specially raised missile-handling unit of the Indian Army, carried out the test at 10.20 a.m.Agni-II has two solid fuel stages and a Post Boost Vehicle (PBV) integrated into the missile's Re-entry Vehicle (RV). The 20-metre missile is a two-stage, solid propelled ballistic missile.It has a strike range of more than 2,000 km, is 20 metres long, weighs 17 tonnes and can carry a payload of 1,000 kg.