10 facts about the Agni 1

Weighing 12 tonnes, the 15-metre-long Agni-I, which can carry payloads up to 1000 kg, has already been inducted into the Army.

BHUBANESWAR: Giving a boost to its missile arsenal, India Friday test-fired it's indigenously developed nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni-I missile from a military base in Odisha. Here are 10 facts about the missile:

#1 The missile can strike a target 700 km away and can carry a one tonne nuclear warhead.

#2 Agni-I has a specialised navigation system, Ring Laser Gyro- INS, which ensures it reaches the target with a high degree of accuracy.
#3 Weighing 12 tonnes, the 15-metre-long Agni-I, which can carry payloads up to 1000 kg, has already been inducted into the Army.

#4 Agni-I missile was tested by the armed forces from a facility on Wheeler Island near Dhamra in Bhadrak district, 170 km from Bhubaneswar.

#5 The missile was launched from Road Mobile Launcher System and was tracked by Radar and Telemetry stations located along the coastline. 

#6 Two Naval Ships located near the target point tracked the missile in the terminal phase of the Flight.

#7 Indigenously developed by the DRDO, the missile is already in the arsenal of Indian Armed Forces and was launched by the Strategic Forces Command as part of training exercise to ensure preparedness.

#8 The last trial of the Agni-I missile was successfully carried out on December 1, 2011 from the same base.

#9 It is meant to bridge the gap between indigenously built short-range missile Prithvi and Agni II that has a range of 2000 km.

#10 The test of Agni-I comes after the successful launch of 5,000-km range Agni-V on April 19.