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06 Jun

Intermediate range ballistic missile Agni-4 successfully tested

New Delhi: The Agni-IV ballistic missile with a range of 4,000 km was successfully tested on Monday. The missile was testfired at 7:30 pm from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha."A successful training launch of an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile, Agni-4, was carried out at approximately 19:30 hours on June 6 from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha," the Defence Ministry said in a statement. The test was part of routine user training launches carried out under the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command.The launch validated all operational parameters as also the reliability of the system, said the ministry."The successful…

25 May

N.Korea fires 3 ballistic missiles toward East Sea: S.Korean military

Seoul: North Korea fired three ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, just a day after US President Joe Biden wrapped up his Asia trip highlighting America's security commitment to Seoul and Tokyo. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launches from the Sunan area in Pyongyang at around 6 a.m., 6:37 a.m. and 6:42 a.m., respectively, which marked the North's 17th show of force this year, Yonhap news agency reported. "While reinforcing monitoring and vigilance activities, our military, in close cooperation with the United States, is maintaining a full readiness posture," the…

10 Dec

India test fires Agni-V missile

Bhubaneswar: India successfully test fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-V off the Odisha coast on Monday.The surface-to-surface missile having a strike range of 5,000 km was launched at 1.30 p.m. from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Abdul Kalam Island in Bhadrak district, said Defence Ministry sources. The sources said the missile test was successful.The missile developed by the Strategic Forces Command and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is the most advanced in terms of navigation and guidance, warhead and engine.This was the seventh trial of the state-of-the-art Agni-V ballistic missile. It was last tested on June…

31 Oct

India conducts night trial of Agni-I missile

Bhubaneswar: India on Tuesday successfully conducted the night trial of the indigenously developed nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile off the Odisha coast.The surface-to-surface missile test was test-fired as part of a user-trial from the Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast. Defence sources said Strategic Forces Command of Indian Army test-fired the missile and the night trial of Agni missile was successful. The night trial of the ballistic missile with a strike range of 700 km was first conducted in April 2014, said sources.The missile with a strike range of beyond 700 km has a specialised navigation system. It has already been…

28 Dec

DRDO SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTS INTERCEPTOR MISSILE TEST

New Delhi: Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) System of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully scored a direct hit on incoming missile today at around 09:45 am from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha. The interceptor directly hit the target at an altitude of about 15 kilometre and destroyed it into fragments. The spectacular success puts India in the league of a very few select nations world over in the arena of critical defence technology.Today’s direct interception is fourth in a row, where the missiles have scored a perfect hit on the incoming missile. In text book style…

01 Mar

India test fires another interceptor missile

New Delhi: India on Wednesday successfully tested the Advanced Air Defence (AAD) Missile, the second level of the two-tier interceptor missile system that can destroy hostile ballistic missiles.The test took place around 10.15 a.m. at the Abdul Kalam island off Odisha, officials said. The AAD is part of the two-layered Ballistic Missile Defence system developed by the DRDO, the research and development wing of the Defence Ministry, with the Hyderabad-based Research Centre Imaarat (RCI). The latest test comes less than a month after India successfully tested the Prithvi Defence Vehicle (PDV) interceptor missile on February 11. The PDV can destroy a hostile…