Ques: Nuclear capable Agni-I missile successfully test fired from Dr Abdul Kalam Wheeler Island. It is capable of hitting target at –
(a) 700 Km
(b) 800 Km
(c) 1000 Km
(d) 1500 km
Ans: a
Related facts:
- November 27, 2015 India successfully test-fired it’s indigenously developed nuclear capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile Agni-I from Dr Abdul Kalam Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast.
- Agni-I missile is capable of hitting a target at a distance of 700 km.
- The missile weighs around 12 tonnes and can carry both conventional and nuclear payload of about 1000 kg.
- It has already been inducted by Indian army.
- The last trial of Agni-I, conducted on September 11, 2014 from the same base, was also successful.
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