In a serious enhance to its army may, India on Wednesday efficiently test-fired surface-to-surface ballistic missile Agni-5 that may strike targets at ranges as much as 5,000 km with a really excessive diploma of accuracy, officers stated.
The test-firing was carried round 7:50 PM from APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha, they stated.
“The successful test of Agni-5 is in line with India’s stated policy to have credible minimum deterrence that underpins the commitment to ‘No First Use’,” the defence ministry stated.
The profitable test-firing of the missile got here within the midst of a lingering border standoff with China in japanese Ladakh.
