India Successfully Test-fires Agni-5 Ballistic Missile With 5000-km Range off Odisha Coast

pndia on Wednesday successfully test-fired a surface to a surface ballistic missile Agni-5 from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast It was test-fired at 750 pmppThe missile which uses a three-stage solid-fuelled engine is capable of striking targets upto a 5000-km range with a very high degree of accuracyppThe successful launch aligns with Indiarsquos policy to have a ldquocredible minimum deterrencerdquo that underpins the commitment to lsquoNo First UsersquoppThe missile is the bedrock of Indias nuclear deterrent along with submarine-based nuclear missiles which had not yet been tested to anywhere close to this rangep