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NEW DELHI: India connected Friday successfully test-fired atomic weapons-capable 3,000-km-range Agni-3 ballistic rocket from Chandipur disconnected Odisha coast.The surface-to-surface rocket was launched from a mobile launcher arsenic portion of a regular grooming exercise.
“The motorboat validated each operational and method parameters. It was carried retired nether the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command (SFC),” a defence ministry connection said.The rocket was picked up randomly from the accumulation batch and test-fired, officials said, adding that the SFC is tasked with handling strategical weapons systems. The motorboat validated each operational and method parameters, they said.After the command, the two-stage solid-propelled rocket took disconnected connected a designated formation way and homed onto the pre-designated people country successful the Bay of Bengal with accuracy.The Agni-3 rocket is susceptible of carrying some accepted and atomic warheads. It tin transportation a payload of 1.5 tonnes, with an estimated output of 200–300 kilotons. It is simply a surface-to-surface rocket susceptible of being deployed from obstruction and roadworthy mobile launchers, enhancing survivability and operational flexibility. It entered work with the Strategic Forces Command successful 2011, serving alongside the Agni-II arsenic a atomic transportation system.
The missile's scope allows India to support a robust, credible minimum deterrent against determination adversaries. Its capableness covers deep-strike requirements, covering the full territory of Pakistan and extending heavy into Chinese territory.Besides 3 variants of Agni I, II and III depending upon their range, India has Prithvi-II, Dhanush (ship-launched) and Sagarika/K-15 (SLBM) successful its rocket arsenal that are operational. Prahaar, Prithvi III, Agni-P, Agni-IV, Agni-V, K-4(SLBM) and K-5 (SLBM) missiles are nether assorted stages of investigating and development.
