India successfully test-fired Agni-V ballistic missile on Thursday. This missile is a ballistic missile equipped with nuclear capability. Which is capable of hitting targets more than five thousand kilometers away.
Defense sources said the test was carried out to validate the new technologies and equipment on the missile and it has been proved that the missile can now hit targets at longer distances than before. The intercontinental nuclear-capable ballistic missile was test fired from Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha.
Agni-5 is a long-range surface-to-air ballistic missile. It can successfully hit its target more than five thousand kilometers away. The range of this missile is around 5000 to 5500 km.