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Saturday, December 20, 2014

Canister Launch of Agni-V Next Month

Agni V ICBMPreparations are afoot at the defence base off Odisha coast for the first canister launch of India’s longest range nuclear capable missile Agni-V. The test is likely to be conducted on January 7 or 8 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been invited to witness the launch.

The motor, body and other sub-systems of the indigenously developed missile having a strike range of 5,000-km have been brought to the Wheeler Island test facility and DRDO scientists are busy assembling the weapon system.

Sources told this paper that the schedule of the missile test depends on the programme of the Prime Minister.

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