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India successfully tests Agni-IV missile off Odisha coast

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ANI Bhubaneswar

India successfully tested its long range nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni-IV missile on Monday.

Media reports said the missile was tested from a mobile launcher off Wheeler Island near Dhamra in Odisha's Bhadrak District, which is about 200-kilomters from state capital Bhubaneswar.

The 20-meter tall missile, which weighed around 17 tons and has two stages of solid propulsion, can strike targets at a distance of about 4000 kilometers.

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First Published: Jan 20 2014 | 12:56 PM IST

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