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KalingaTimes - Sibdas Kundu - ‎7 hours ago‎ Balasore (Odisha), March 28: India today successfully carried out the flight test of Agni-I, the home grown surface-to-surface missile at ...





[url="http://www.orissadiary.com/Shownews.asp?id=17534"]India successfully tested Agni I missile from Orissa coast[/url]

Orissadiary.com - ‎9 hours ago‎ Report by Karunakar Sahoo, Balasore: India successfully tested its nuclear capable surface-to-surface Agni I missile from Integrated Test Range (ITR) of ...







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HYDERABAD:In a hat-trick for missile technologists and the armed forces in the last two days, Agni-I, which can carry nuclear weapons and has range of 700 km, was flight-tested successfully from the Wheeler's Island, off the Orissa coast, on Sunday.



The ship-based Dhanush and Prithvi-II were test-fired in a salvo mode on Saturday.



The medium range surface-to-surface Agni-I, fired at 1.07 hours from a mobile launcher, homed in on the target within a few metres of accuracy as it splashed down in the Bay of Bengal.



The launch was carried out by Army personnel as part of a training exercise.



Best-ever launch



Describing it as one of the best-ever launches, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) officials said the specialised navigation and guidance system enabled the missile to reach the target with a high degree of accuracy after a 500-second flight duration.



During the course of the flight, it reached an altitude of 300 km and re-entered the atmosphere, withstanding high temperatures of more than 2,000 degree Celsius, as specially-developed heat shields provided protection to the electronic components and the payload.



The radars and electro-optical tracking system along the coast monitored the missile's path and trajectory-related parameters in real time.



Two down-range naval ships, about 700 km from the Wheeler's Island, tracked the missile reaching the target.



Features



The 14-metre tall Agni-I is a single stage, solid-propelled weapon system. It can carry a payload of 1,000 kg.



It is equipped with features to defeat the enemy's anti-ballistic missile system.



The Agni series of missiles form the mainstay of India's nuclear deterrence programme.



The launch operations were monitored by Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister and DRDO Director-General V.K. Saraswat, Programme Director (Agni) and Director of the Advanced Systems Laboratory Avinash Chander, Director of the Research Centre (Imarat) S.K. Ray, and Director of the Defence Research and Defence Laboratory P. Venugopalan.



Dr. Saraswat congratulated the Army and DRDO teams for the successful launch.

[url="http://www.indianexpress.com/story-print/596800/"]Agni-1 successfully test-fired off Orissa coast[/url]

Debabrata Mohanty Posted online: Monday , Mar 29, 2010 at 0141 hrs Bhubaneswar : India on Sunday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed, nuclear-capable, short range ballistic missile (SRBM) Agni-1 from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Wheeler Island on Bay of Bengal, about 70 km across the sea Chandipur-on-sea in Balasore district of Orissa. The test-firing was done by personnel of the Strategic Forces Command as part of Indian Army’s user-training exercise at 1.07 pm from a mobile launcher.



The missile, which has a range of 700 km, covered a distance of 633 km and reached an altitude of more than 300 km, said a senior official of Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO). The highly-specialised navigational system of the missile ensured that it hit the target after a 500-second flight, said the official. Two naval ships at the target point witnessed the missile hit the target.



The single-stage missile, powered by solid propellants, is 14 metres tall and weighs 12 tonnes. It can carry payloads weighing up to 1,000 kg.



Agni-I is designed to bridge the gap between indigenously built short-range Prithvi, already deployed in the Army, and medium-range Agni-II, that has a range of more than 2,000 km.



DRDO and operational strategic units of Army and naval forces jointly conducted Sunday’s operation.



On Saturday, the Strategic Forces Command had successfully tested nuclear-capable, ship-based Dhanush and surface-to-surface Prithvi-II in quick succession from INS Subhadra and ITR, Chandipur respectively.

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Subhashish Mohanty / DNA Monday, March 29, 2010 0:13 IST onday, March 29, 2010



Bhubaneswar: India successfully carried out the flight test of indigenously developed nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-1 at 1.05 pm from Wheeler Island in Orissa on Sunday. It has a range of 700 km.



The missile was equipped with a new navigational technology which helps it to home on to the target. During the test-launch, the weapon system achieved a precision-hit after reaching a height of 300 km, defence sources said in New Delhi.



Senior army officials and scientists were present during the test. “The mission was successful and met all objectives,” SP Dash, director, interim test range (ITR) at Chandipur, said.



Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) scientists monitored its trajectory path by a network consisting of radars, telemetry and electro-optical systems spread over land and sea.



Powered by solid propellants, the single-stage missile blasted off a mobile launcher mounted on rails. The missile’s dummy warhead later struck the waters of the Bay of Bengal, DRDO scientists said.



The user of the missile, the Strategic Force Command of the army, executed the operation with the necessary logistic support being provided by DRDO. The test was part of a mega mission called Sankalp. More tests are likely soon. The 12-tonne and 15-mt-high Agni-1 can carry payloads of one tonne. It has already been inducted into the army.



DRDO had, on Saturday, successfully test-fired the Prithivi-II and its naval version Dhanush. While Prithvi-II was test-fired from a mobile launcher in the ITR, Dhanush was test-fired from INS Subhadra, about 50 nautical miles from Puri.



Prithvi-II has a range of 295 km while Dhanush can cruise up to 350 km.