India successfully test-fires Agni Prime missile in Odisha

The Agni Prime missile was successfully test-fired off the coast of Odisha near Balasore by the Indian government on Saturday (December 18, 2021). Agni-P is a more upgraded variant of the Agni missile family. It’s a canister-launched missile with a range of 1,000 to 2,000 kilometres.

A lot of new features have been added to the nuclear-capable strategic missile Agni Prime during this test. The missile test met all its mission objectives with a high level of accuracy: Government officials

— ANI (@ANI) December 18, 2021

“The missile test met all its mission objectives with a high level of accuracy,” an official was quoted as saying.

The ministry had said the missile was successfully test-fired from Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Sukhoi 30 MKI supersonic fighter aircraft from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), based in Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha.