India efficiently checks fires nuclear succesful Agni-3 missile off Odisha coast – Imperial Wire

India on Friday (Friday 6, 2026) efficiently test-fired nuclear weapons-capable Agni-3 ballistic missile from the Chandipur off the Odisha coast, which has a strike vary of greater than 3,000 kilometres, officers mentioned.

The surface-to-surface missile was launched by the personnel of Strategic Forces Command (SFC) from a cellular launcher as a part of an everyday coaching train for the consumer.

The missile was picked up randomly from the manufacturing lot and test-fired, they mentioned, including that the SFC is tasked with dealing with strategic weapons techniques. The launch validated all operational and technical parameters, officers mentioned.

After the command for auto-launch was given, the two-stage solid-propelled missile took off on a delegated flight path and homed onto the pre-designated goal space within the Bay of Bengal with accuracy.

The Defence Analysis and Growth Organisation (DRDO) sources mentioned that it met all of the mission targets.

Numerous parameters and trajectory of the 17-meter lengthy missile have been tracked and monitored in actual time by radars alongside the east coast, in addition to by the telemetry and electro-optical techniques. Two down-range ships close to the influence level recorded the terminal occasion, they mentioned.

Agni-3 is among the subtle and correct missiles of its class and has already been inducted into the armed forces. It’s able to carrying a payload weighing 1.5 tons to a distance of greater than 3,000 kilometres.