Balasore, Dec 23 (UNI) India today successfully test fired the nuclear capable most advanced long range ballistic missile system "Agni-4" from a Road Mobile launcher from the Wheelers' Island off the Odisha coast.
Scientists from the Defence Research and Development Organization(DRDO) as well as officials from the Ministry of Defence were present at the launch complex.
The launch was carried out by Strategic force command (SFC) and it was a complete success fulfilling all mission objectives, said sources.
The missile, had a text book trajectory and reached the pre-designated target in the international waters of Bay of Bengal.

Defence sources said the missile is one of its kinds of world class, proving many new technologies, giving a quantum leap in technology.
The Missile is lighter in weight and has two stages of Solid Propulsion and a Payload with Re-entry heat shield.
Integrated Test Range(ITR) sources said the Missile System is equipped with modern and compact Avionics with Redundancy to provide high level of reliability.
All the Radars and electro-optical systems along the Coast of Odisha have tracked and monitored all the parameters of the Vehicle.
This was the seventh trial of the Agni-IV missile. The Strategic Forces Command of the Indian Army had carried out the previous trial from the same base on January 2 last.
The state-of-the-art missile is equipped with modern and compact avionics to provide high level of reliability and precision.
It also has a fifth generation computer on board, and its re-entry heat shield can withstand temperatures up to 4,000 degrees Celsius, sources said
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