India has successfully test-fired nuclear-capable ballistic Missile Agni-5, which has a strike range of 5,000km, from Dr. Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast today. This is the seventh trial of the indigenously-developed surface-to-surface missile, defense sources said. Agni-5 is a three-stage missile and is 17 meters tall and 2 meters wide. It is capable of carrying 1.5 tons of nuclear warheads. Read more.
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