Bhubaneswar: The DRDO successfully flight – testing of the most advance nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni Prime from a defence facility off Odisha Coast on Friday. Defence sources said, indigenously designed and developed by DRDO, the two-stage canisterised missile was test-fired from launching complex IV of the Abdul Kalam Island at around 9.45 pm in full operational configuration.

The medium range highly sophisticated weapon travelled the pre-coordinated range of nearly 1,400 km and demonstrated the repeatability and robustness of the newly developed system.

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After blasting off from a canister fitted to a mobile launcher, the missile followed textbook trajectory and met all mission objectives achieving close to zero circular error probability (CEP) accuracy. Agni Prime is the latest and sixth variant of the Agni series missiles. With multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles, the missile is capable of delivering a number of warheads at separate locations at a distance of 1,000 – 2,000 km.

According to the Defence official sources, the missile followed the flight path perfectly as coordinated, validating all mission parameters. The missile will be inducted in the armed forces after a couple of user associated launches. There has been lot of improvements in the system as compared to two previous trials making it faster and stealthier. Several advanced technologies including the multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles will help India strengthen its credible deterrence capabilities.

Electro-optical tracking systems, telemetry and radar stations positioned along the eastern coast tracked and monitored the missile trajectory. The 10.5 metre tall missile with a diameter of 1.2 metre can carry warheads up to 1.5 tonne.