India test fires nuclear capable AGNI 2 missile successfully today!!!

[Kazhugu]

more details awaited...............

http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=794736

 

[Invincible INDIAN]

News is just flashing on below link as Breaking News

The Times of India: Latest News India, World & Business News, Cricket & Sports, Bollywood

 

[Koovie]

Congrats !

 

[ExtraOdinary]

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[acetophenol]

The launch was conducted by the Strategic Forces Command, as a part of training.

 

[JohnSeb]

Good news

 

[Safriz]

so whats new?
The missile is old...
Did they test any improvemenrs? Or a practice launch?

 

[Skull and Bones]

The launch was conducted by the Strategic Forces Command, as a part of training.

Not training, but testing samples from a batch of missiles for quality and readiness assurance.

 

[ExtraOdinary]

BHUBANESWAR: India on Sunday test-fired its nuclear capable Agni-II strategic ballistic missile from a military base in Odisha, defence sources said.

The test was conducted from Wheeler's Island in Bhadrak district, around 200 km from here, by army personnel as part of a training exercise, the sources told IANS.

The medium-range surface-to-surface missile with a range of over 2,000 km has already been inducted into the army and is part of the Strategic Forces arsenal for nuclear deterrence.

India test-fires nuclear capable Agni-II missile - The Times of India

 

[The Deterrent]

Not training, but testing samples from a batch of missiles for quality and readiness assurance.

These kind of tests benefit in both ways. The SFCs get to train and polish their skills, simulating a real-time war scenario and the reliability of the system is also verified.

Congratulations!

 

[Skull and Bones]

These kind of tests benefit in both ways. The SFCs get to train and polish their skills, simulating a real-time war scenario and the reliability of the system is also verified.

Congratulations!

It's nothing new though, if a test conducted by SFC, then it's mainly to test it's operational readiness. While if the test conducted by DRDO, then it's to evaluate new sub systems.

 

[The Deterrent]

It's nothing new though, if a test conducted by SFC, then it's mainly to test it's operational readiness. While if the test conducted by DRDO, then it's to evaluate new sub systems.

Of course, but don't you think that both parties would've mutually conducted the test, gaining maximum benefit out of it?
Thats how it happens here in Pakistan. Anyways, waiting eagerly for the photos

 

[Skull and Bones]

Of course, but don't you think that both parties would've mutually conducted the test, gaining maximum benefit out of it?
Thats how it happens here in Pakistan. Anyways, waiting eagerly for the photos

DRDO officials were only there because, if the testing failed, the SFC officials could kick their arse.

 

[Ayush]

but why agni 2??

 

[S-DUCT]

Good News.
AGNI-2 is an ideal platform for ABM tests also.