{"id":6225,"date":"2019-11-26T09:38:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T09:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=6225"},"modified":"2019-11-26T09:39:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T09:39:00","slug":"drdo-successfully-conducts-agni-ii-missiles-night-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/drdo-successfully-conducts-agni-ii-missiles-night-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"DRDO successfully conducts Agni-II missile\u2019s night trial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agni-II was developed by Advanced Systems Laboratory along\nwith other DRDO laboratories and integrated by the Bharat Dynamics Limited,\nHyderabad. Agni-II is part of the Agni series of missiles which includes 700-km\nrange Agni-I, 3,000-km range Agni-III, Agni-IV and Agni-V.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first test-firing of the prototype of Agni-II missile\nwas carried out on April 11, 1999. On May 17, 2010, the trial of\nnuclear-capable Agni-II ballistic missile was conducted by the Special\nStrategic Command Force from the ITR before it was made operational by the\nArmy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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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