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Hmm, is it only me, when i click on the "Link", i got this;

Agni-II ballistic missile likely to be test fired today
Press Trust Of India
Balasore, May 16, 2010
First Published: 12:13 IST(16/5/2010)
Last Updated: 09:19 IST(17/5/2010)

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The nuclear-capable Agni-II intermediate range ballistic missile, with a range of 2000 kms, is likely to be test fired on Monday from a range off the Orissa coast during a trial by the Army, defence sources said on Sunday.

"The trial is to be conducted from the Wheelers Island, about 120 km from here off the Orissa coast tomorrow," the sources said.

Range integration work in the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur and Dhamara for trial of Agni-II missile is near completion and if final check-up in the sub-systems of the missile is found to be flaw-less, the mission will be taken up on Monday, they said.

A special strategic command force (SSC) raised by Army would conduct the trial with necessary logistic support provided by various laboratories of the ITR and Defence Research and Development Organisation scientists, the sources said.

The indigenously-built Agni-II missile is a two-stage solid propelled ballistic missile. Its length is 21 metres, width one metre and launch weight is 17 tonnes.

It can carry a payload of one tonne over a distance of 2,000 km. However, the range can be extended if the payload is reduced. The missile has already been inducted into the services and the SSC is in charge of the missile's operation.
 
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Agni-II missile test fired successfully- Hindustan Times

Agni-II missile test fired successfully

The nuclear-capable Agni-II intermediate range ballistic missile, with a range of 2000 kms, was test fired successfully today from a range off the Orissa coast during a trial by the Army, media report said.

The trial was conducted from the Wheelers Island, about 120 km from Balasore off the Orissa coast, the report said.

The indigenously-built Agni-II missile is a two-stage solid propelled ballistic missile. Its length is 21 metres, width one metre and launch weight is 17 tonnes.

It can carry a payload of one tonne over a distance of 2,000 km. However, the range can be extended if the payload is reduced. The missile has already been inducted into the services and the SSC is in charge of the missile's operation.
 
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Nuclear-capable Agni-11 missile test-fired successfully

BHUBANESWAR: India on Monday test-fired the nuclear-capable intermediate range Agni-II missile, with a range of over 2,000 km, from a launch site in Orissa, defence sources said.

The surface to surface missile was tested from Wheelers Island in Bhadrak district, about 200 km from here.

Nuclear-capable Agni-11 missile test-fired successfully - India - The Times of India
 
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Should we not wait a little longer for the confermation????
at what time the test was conducted??
 
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Balasore (Orissa), May 17 (PTI) Nuclear-capable Agni-II missile, with a range of 2000 kms, was today successfully test-fired by the Army as part of user trial from the Wheelers Island off Orissa coast.

The trial was conducted from a rail mobile system in Launch Complex-4 of Integrated Test Range (ITR) at around 9.15 am, defence sources said soon after the versatile surface-to-surface missile blasted off.

Data relating to various parameters of the mission's objectives was being analysed, the sources said.

Agni-II Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) has already been inducted into the services and today's test was carried out by the Strategic Forces Command (SFC) of the Army with logistic support from various laboratories and personnel of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

A DRDO scientist said it was a training exercise to familiarise the end-users with different operational conditions.

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Congrats to the Strategic Forces Command and DRDO.

It was really needed. Seems like earlier failures were due to production problems. BDL should increase their QoS.
 
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The trial was conducted from a rail mobile system in Launch Complex-4 of Integrated Test Range (ITR) at around 9.15 am

Are we living in 1980's make this missile capable of launching in canister DODO.
 
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Well My friends I also like to share that the User trials of Agni 3 is scheduled today(17.05.2010)
 
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Little more detailed.....

Agni-II missile test-fired successfully
Y. Mallikarjun


Agni-II, the intermediate range surface-to-surface ballistic missile, one of the key weapon systems of India's nuclear deterrence programme, was successfully flight-tested from the Wheeler Island off the Orissa coast on Monday.

The 2,000 km plus range nuclear-capable missile was fired by personnel of the Strategic Forces Command from the Launch Complex on the Island at 9.18 a.m. It achieved its full range and splashed down at the pre-designated target in the sea with high degree of accuracy after a flight duration of about 660 seconds, a top Defence Research and Development (DRDO) official told The Hindu.

Two naval ships tracked the vehicle homing on to the target, while a network of radars, telemetry and electro-optical instruments monitored the trajectory.

This was the third time that Agni-II was tested in the last one year. On the previous two occasions, the missiles failed to meet the respective mission objectives after they deviated from the flight path and nosedived into the sea during the separation of the second stage of the vehicles.

Agni-II, developed as part of medium and long range Agni series of missile systems, has already been inducted into the Armed Forces. It is a two-stage solid propelled system and equipped with a special navigation system to achieve high degree of accuracy. The system also is provided with anti-ballistic defence counter measures. It is capable of carrying one tonne payload over a distance of 2,000 km.

Top brass from the Armed Forces besides Scientific adviser to Defence Minister and Director-General, DRDO, V.K.Saraswat and Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory, Avinash Chander were present during the launch.

The Hindu : News / National : Agni-II missile test-fired successfully
 
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