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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India successfully test-fires third Agni Prime ballistic missile