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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

'User-trial' of surface-to-surface Agni-II missile on May 19

Agni IIIn a step towards making the 2,000-km-plus Agni-II fully operational, the Army is slated to conduct a "training test-firing'' of the nuclear-capable missile on May 19.

This will be the first "training user-trial'' of Agni-II to give the Army requisite confidence and capability to fire the surface-to-surface missile on its own without the help of defence scientists.

The test of Agni-II, which weighs 17 tonnes and can carry a 1.15-tonne payload or warhead, will be undertaken from the test range at Wheeler Island off the Orissa coast.

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