Agni-II


India successfully test-fired nuclear weapons capable strategic ballistic missile Agni-II...!

* from Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast today...
* launch was carried out by Strategic Force Command personnel from a mobile launcher....


What is Agni-II??

*It is an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile belonging to Agni missile family.

* Two-stage solid-propelled missile.

* Full range of more than 2,000 km.

* Agni-II is 20 metres long & weighs 16000kg(including warhead).

*Capable of carrying a nuclear warhead weighing one ton.

*Manufactured by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL)...

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