Agni-1 Missile test fired by Indian Army unit
A1 missile, a Strategic Surface to Surface missile, with a range capability of 700 km was successfully launched at 10.15hrs from Island Launch Complex off Dhamra, Orissa by Army unit. The missile had a textbook performance in terms of Range, Accuracy and lethality.
A1 was developed by ASL, the premier missile development Laboratory of DRDO in collaboration with DRDL & RCI and integrated by BDL, Hyderabad. This has been an effort of consortium of DRDO labs viz. VRDE, R&D(E), ITR and major public and private industries.
Shri Avinash Chander, Programme Director and Director, ASL said that the performance of all the subsystems of A1 viz., Explicit Guidance, Re-Entry structures, Avionics and Payload has been outstanding, confirming the robustness and maturity of Long Range Missile Technology in DRDO. It is a major milestone in the preparedness of Army unit in the strategic deployment of A1 system. Dr. V.K. Saraswat, CCR&D (MSS) participated in the launch and congratulated the team members for their dedicated and professional work towards achieving this success.
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