Question: Recently India successfully test-fired its indigenously built nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile, It is a-
(a) Surface-to-Surface missile
(b) Surface-to-Air missile
(c) Air-to-Surface missile
(d) Air-to-Air missile
Ans.(a)
Related facts:
- On 22 November 2016 India successfully test-fired its indigenously built nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile.
- It can hit a target 700 km away, as part of a user trial by Army from a test range off Odisha coast.
- It is a surface-to-surface missile, powered by solid propellants.
- It was test-fired from a mobile launcher at 10.10 AM from launch pad-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Abdul Kalam Island (Wheeler Island).
- The launch was undertaken as periodic training activity by (Strategic Forces Command) SFC to further consolidate operational readiness.
- It weighs 12 tonnes and is 15-metre-long.
- It is designed to carry a payload of more than 500 Kg.
- Agni-I was developed by a premier missile development laboratory of DRDO in collaboration with Defence Research Development Laboratory and Research Centre Imarat and integrated by Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad.
- The last trial of Agni-I, conducted successfully on March 14, 2016 from the same base.
Reference:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-test-fires-Agni-I-ballistic-missile/articleshow/55559328.cms
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-test-fires-agni-i-ballistic-missile/story-aHnprYK7fmjO5CMDOBpAUI.html