NEW DELHI: India has launched flight of its nuclear-capable ‘Agni-V’ long-range ballistic missile of 5000 km on Sunday capable of reaching deep into China and as far as Europe.
Indian media reports said the surface-to-surface missile, which can carry a nuclear warhead of more than one tonne, witnessed an ‘auto launch’ and detail results of the trial will be known after thorough analyses of all data retrieved from different radars and network systems.
Today’s launch was the second developmental trial of the long range missile while the first test was conducted on 19 April, 2012.
The indigenously developed missile Agni-V is capable of striking a range of more than 5000 km. It is about 17 meter long and 2 metres wide with launch weight of around 50 tonnes.
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Agni V
‘Agni-V’ long-range ballistic missile of 5000 km
‘Agni-V’ long-range ballistic missile Range
