The successful testing of the Agni-3 missile was carried out under the aegis of Strategic Forces Command and was part of the routine user training.
The range for the launch was predetermined and it had already validated all other operational parameters required.
India successfully test-fired the intermediate-range ballistic missile Agni-3 from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha coast on Wednesday.
Agni-3 missile successfully test-fired
The Agni-3 missile is the third in the line of the Agni missile series, and the first missile was test fired on July 9, 2006. However, it wasn’t successful due to some technical snag and fell into the sea off the Odisha coast without hitting the target.
It was test fired for the second time successfully in 2007 with the third consecutive launch and 2008.
India successfully test-fired the indigenous new-generation medium-range ballistic missile Agni Prime from the Odisha coast.
As per the Defence Research Development Organisation, the missile’s strike ranges between 1000 km and 2000 km.
The previous trial of the missile was conducted from the same base last year on December 18. This was a successful trial.
The Agni 3 successful test firing is in line after India’s Strategic Strike Nuclear Submarine, INS Arihant had a successful launch of the Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM).
The MoD said that the launch was significant to prove the crew’s competency and validate the SSBN program, which was a key element to India’s nuclear deterrence capability.
This is in line with India’s policy of ‘credible minimum deterrence‘ that underpins its ‘no first use commitment’ for the maintenance of this commitment a robust, survivable, and assured retaliatory capability is needed.
