India to test Agni-V missile in a fortnight: DRDO Chief

New Delhi, Sat, 31 Mar 2012 NI Wire

India, which in November has tested India's medium of long range missile Agni-IV, is set to do its longer range version Agni-V in the next month.

According to Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) Chief Dr. V K Saraswat, 'The Agni-V will be tested sometime in the middle of April. The exact date has not been fixed, though.'

After testing this inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) that ranges 5,000-km, India will join an elite group of nations such as the US, Russia and China.

He was speaking at a press conference at the defence exposition going on in New Delhi.

Saraswat said the Agni-V will be close to the American ICBMs.



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