Agni-II test put off after snag

Apart from the technical snag,there were doubts over the missile’s test-firing due to continous rainfall in Balasore for the last three days.

The missile,which can carry a nuclear warhead weighing one tonne,has been designed and developed by the Advanced Systems Laboratory at Hyderabad.

Both stages of Agni-II are powered by solid propellants; it can be transported on rail tracks; it is 20 metres long,weighs 17 tonnes and can target places 2,500 km away.

The last test of an Agni-series missile,on December 10,ended in failure after the missile dropped into the sea a few seconds after its launch from Wheeler Island.