India on November 16 conducted successfully the first night trial of Agni-II. The missile has a strike range of 2000 km. It blasted off from a mobile launcher at the Launch Complex-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR). Agni-II, an intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM), has already been inducted into the armed forces.
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Agni-II was developed by Advanced Systems Laboratory along with other DRDO laboratories and integrated by the Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad. Agni-II is part of the Agni series of missiles which includes 700-km range Agni-I, 3,000-km range Agni-III, Agni-IV and Agni-V.
The first test-firing of the prototype of Agni-II missile was carried out on April 11, 1999. On May 17, 2010, the trial of nuclear-capable Agni-II ballistic missile was conducted by the Special Strategic Command Force from the ITR before it was made operational by the Army.
