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Monday, June 16, 2014

Missile Ejection Test Ahead of Agni-V's Canister Launch

AGNI V ICBMScientists carried out a canister-based launch of a 50-tonne dummy missile in a simulated environment at an undisclosed facility near Hyderabad on Saturday.

Sources confirmed to Express that the exercise, termed as MET-2 (Missile Ejection Test), was the second in a series conducted in the last six months.

The successful result of MET-2 has given confidence to Defence Research and Development Organisation( DRDO) scientists to go ahead with the critical canister launch of 5,000 km-plus range nuclear-capable Inter Continental Ballistic Missile(ICBM) Agni-V later this year.

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