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Practice launch of Agni-I today


Agni-I missile will be fired from the Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast on Thursday morning in a “practice-launch” to test the Army's readiness to use it.

The Army's Strategic Forces Command, tasked with handling missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, will fire Agni-I from a specially designed truck.

The missile can carry a one-tonne nuclear warhead, but during the test, it will be fitted with a dummy payload. The missile had been inducted into the Army. Agni-II and Agni-III have also been deployed with the Army.

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) developed Agni-I to bridge the gap between Prithvi, which has a range of 250 km, and Agni-II, which can strike targets 2,500 km away. Defence specialists say Agni-I, with a range of 700 km, is Pakistan-specific, capable of covering the entire western range.

It was first launched on January 25, 2002 and since then, several launches had taken place. The missile to be launched on Thursday is the same as those used previously. “There is no change in the configuration or the engine's power. Everything is ditto,” a DRDO missile engineer said.

The 15-metre tall, 12-tonne, single-stage missile is powered by solid propellants. It reaches an altitude of more than 300 km before re-entering the atmosphere. Its diameter is one metre. The missile is a scaled-down version of Agni-II, which has two stages. Agni-II's first stage was re-configured to become Agni-I.


The Hindu : News / National : Practice launch of Agni-I today
 
practice launch..in orissa........??????????

it would be better to practice launch it in rajasthan.................near pakistan
it would be a good volounteer for sudarshan shakti......
 
^ it is possible but Agni 1 is a pure ballistic missile where as Shaurya is a quasi-ballistic missile that can be used as a long range hypersonic cruise missile but Agni 1 can take larger payload to longer distance

in a situation Agni 1 would be used on strategic targets whereas Shaurya could be used on tactical and strategic targets

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practice launch..in orissa........??????????

it would be better to practice launch it in rajasthan.................near pakistan
it would be a good volounteer for sudarshan shakti......

the SFC should practice missile raids with every ballistic missile at least 2-3 of them in Orissa

also the reason why launches take place near the ocean is because the stages that separate will land in water whereas the danger of launching on straight land could mean harm to civilian populated areas.
 
Have our experiences with Brahmos had an effect on our missile development capabilities?

You should be asking these questions to Agniputra (V.K.Saraswat) and Agniputri (Tessy Thomas) :lol:

Anyway it is only logical that it should have helped the development of the missiles especially Shaurya,Nirbhay & Prahaar.
 
Agni-I missile test-fired


India on Thursday successfully test-fired its nuclear capable Agni-I strategic ballistic missile, with a strike range of 700 km, as part of the Army’s user trial from the test range at Wheeler Island off Odisha.

“The indigenously developed surface-to-surface, single-stage missile, powered by solid propellants, was test fired from a mobile launcher at about 0925 hrs. from launch pad-4 of the Integrated Test Range,” defence sources said.

Describing the trial as successful, a senior official said it met the mission objectives.

The Strategic Force Command (SFC) of the Army, as part of their training exercise, executed the trial with logistic support provided by Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) at the ITR, a DRDO official said.

Agni-I missile has a specialised navigation system which ensures it reaches the target with a high degree of accuracy, he said.

The trajectory of the missile, which has an operational strike range of 700 km, was tracked by sophisticated radars and electro-optic telemetry stations located along the sea coast and ships positioned near the impact point in the downrange area.

Weighing 12 tonnes, the 15-metre-long Agni-I, which can carry payloads up to 1000 kg, has already been inducted into the Indian Army.

Agni-I was developed by advanced systems laboratory (ASL), the premier missile development laboratory of the DRDO in collaboration with Defence Research Development Laboratory (DRDL) and Research Centre Imarat (RCI) and integrated by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), Hyderabad.

The last trial of the Agni-I missile was successfully carried out on November 25, 2010 from the same base.

Since the missile has already been inducted into the armed forces, it is important to conduct user trials for training of defence personnel and improvement of their skills, sources said.


The Hindu : News / National : Agni-I missile test-fired
 

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