India Tests Next-Generation Agni Prime Missile

2025-09-25 05:37:07

(MENAFN) India has successfully carried out the flight test of its next-generation Agni Prime intermediate-range ballistic missile, the country’s Defense Ministry announced Thursday.

The missile was launched on Wednesday from a specially designed rail-based mobile launcher for the first time, “under a full operational scenario.”

According to the ministry, the system can operate freely on the rail network, providing cross-country mobility, rapid response capability, and low-visibility deployment for a strike range of up to 2,000 kilometers (1,242 miles).

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh stated that the successful flight test has “put India in the group of select nations having capabilities that have developed a canisterised launch system from an on-the-move rail network.”

Agni Prime, which is nuclear-capable, represents the advanced version of the Agni class of missiles. India has previously conducted successful flight tests of this missile as well.

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