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Pradeep Kumar

29/06/21 10:05 AM IST

Agni P Ballistic Missile

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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested a New Generation Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile Agni P from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam island off the coast of Odisha, Balasore at 1055 hrs on June 28, 2021.

Highights
  • Various telemetry and radar stations positioned along the eastern coast tracked and monitored the missile.
  • The missile followed text book trajectory, meeting all mission objectives with high level of accuracy. 
  • Agni P is a new generation advanced variant of Agni class of missiles.
  • It is a canisterised missile with range capability between 1,000 and 2,000 kms
Source: PIB

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