India Testfires AGNI 4.

The Times of India reports:

India on Tuesday sucessfully test fired Agni-IV missile, one of its longest range missiles, capable of carrying a one-tonne nuclear warhead deep inside China, officials said.

A Defence Research and Development Organisation spokesman said the Agni-IV missile was launched at 9:00am (0330 GMT) from a test site in the eastern Indian state of Orissa.

“All the parameters have been met and it was a very successful test,” DRDO spokesman said.

He said the nuclear-capable, two-stage missile which is powered by solid fuel was fired beyond the Bay of Bengal into the Indian Ocean. Agni means fire in Sanskrit.