India successfully test-fires third Agni Prime ballistic missile

India successfully test-fires third Agni Prime ballistic missile

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Category : Defense Published on: October 24 2022

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  • India successfully test fired the Agni Prime new generation ballistic missile off the coast of Odisha.
  • During the test flight, the missile travelled the maximum range and all test objectives were successfully met.
  • The first test was in June last year, with the second six months later - in December. On both those occasions too the missile 'followed textbook trajectory and met all mission objectives with a high level of accuracy '.
  • The 'Agni Prime', or 'Agni-P', is a nuclear-capable new-gen advanced variant of the Agni class of missiles; it is a two-stage canisterised missile with a maximum range of 2,000 km.
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