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Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Agni-III Evening Launch Bang on Target
In a major step towards achieving a credible nuclear deterrence and capability to fire long-range missiles at any time, India on Monday successfully test-fired its intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) Agni-III for the first time during evening from a defence base off the Odisha coast.
Defence sources said the indigenously-built highly sophisticated surface-to-surface nuclear capable missile carrying a dummy payload blasted off from a fixed platform of Launching Complex-IV with the help of an auto-launcher in the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Wheeler Island at about 5 pm.
Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister and DRDO Chief Avinash Chander told this paper that the mission went off successfully as the flight trial met all mission objectives and all the events occurred as expected.
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