India has successfully test fired a indigenous nuclear-capable Agni-II ballistic missile from Wheelers Island, off the Orissa coast.
Following two test failures in 2009, the surface-to-surface missile was successfully launched by the Indian Strategic Forces Command (ISF), according to the Times Of India.
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The Agni-II missile is 20m long, weighs 17t, has a range in excess of 2,000km and a nuclear payload capacity of 1,000kg.
The Indian military currently operates the short-range Prithvi missile with a range of 150km-350km and the 700km-range Agni-I. The Agni-II and Agni-III are still in the process of being inducted by the ISF.
India is developing the indigenous strategic missile Agni-V, which will have intercontinental ballistic missile capabilities with a strike range in excess of 5,500km.
The canister-launch missile system is scheduled to be test fired in early 2011.
India is also developing multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRV) technology for the Agni series of ballistic missiles, which can carry multiple nuclear warheads and hit different targets simultaneously.
