India successfully test fires Agni I
Q. India on 27th November successfully test fired which nuclear capable missile?- Published on 30 Nov 15a. Agni 1
b. Agni 2
c. Agni 3
d. Agni 4
ANSWER: Agni 1
India on 27th November successfully test-fired indigenously built nuclear-capable Agni-I missile, capable of hitting a target at a distance of 700 kms, from a test range off the Odisha coast as part of Strategic Forces Command (SFC) training exercise. This is a surface to surface single stage missile powered by solid propellants. It was launched from ITR at Abdul Kalam Island. Weighing 12 tonnes, the 15-metre-long Agni-I, is designed to carry a payload of more than one tonne.Agni-I was developed by Advanced Systems Laboratory, the premier missile development laboratory of DRDO in partnership with Imarat and Bharat Dynamics Limited. The last trial of Agni-I, conducted on September 11, 2014 from the same base, was successful too.
