Agni IV, the 4,000kms range Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile, was successfully test- fired from the Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha on Tuesday.
The 20 meter-long indigenously developed missile was launched for the first time by the Army's Strategic Forces Command at 10.20a.m. today.
The missile which carried one tonne war head splashed down near its pre-designated target point in the waters of Indian Ocean with high degree of accuracy as two naval ships located nearby recorded the terminal event.
The trajectory of Agni-IV and its other parameters were tracked and monitored by a network of radar and telemetry stations and electro-optical systems along the East Coast.
Agni-IV was the fourth success in a row as three previous flight trials carried out by Defence Research and Development Organisation's missile technologists achieved their respective mission objectives.
After a few more user trials by SFC personnel, the missile will be inducted into the Army.
