Images: India successfully launches missile Agni -V

[caption id=“attachment_280649” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“India’s Agni-V missile, with a range of 5,000 kilometers being launched from Wheeler Island off India’s east coast. AP”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_280652” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“The Agni-V has a range of 5000km and can carry a 1.5 tone payload. AP”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_280653” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“India with this launch has joined the elite club of nations capable of launching Inter Continental Ballistic Missiles. AP”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_280654” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Agni-V is capable of carrying nuclear warheads and will be crucial for India’s defence against China. AP”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_280655” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“The missile is 17 m long, 2 m wide and weighs 50 tonnes. AP”] [/caption]

Images: India successfully launches missile Agni -V

India on Thursday successfully launched the 5000-km range surface-to-surface Agni-V, India’s first Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), from Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast.

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