India on February 6, 2026, efficiently test-fired the intermediate-range ballistic missile Agni-3 from the Built-in Take a look at Vary in Chandipur, Odisha.
The launch validated all operational and technical parameters of the missile. The check was carried out below the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command, confirming the system’s reliability and readiness.
The Ministry of Defence mentioned, “Intermediate Vary Ballistic Missile Agni3 was efficiently test-fired from the Built-in Take a look at Vary, Chandipur, Odisha on Feb 6. The launch validated all operational and technical parameters and was performed below the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command.”
With this check, the Agni collection of missiles continues to strengthen India’s strategic capabilities. The collection contains Agni-1 with a variety of 700 km, Agni-2 with a variety of two,000 km, Agni-3 with a variety of three,000 km, Agni-4 able to putting targets as much as 4,000 km, and Agni-5, which has the longest putting vary of 5,000 km.
Sources within the DRDO mentioned that the Agni-1 with 700 km vary can be utilized to shoot targets at minimal 220 km which might assist it to cowl the ranges lined by the Prithvi collection missiles which may strike targets between 150km to 350km.
The worry was that seeing a ballistic missile of short-range go off, the enemy might get panicked and launch a nuclear assault in retaliation. Although the missile has been rejected by the Indian Military, it has attracted a couple of pleasant international nations and they’re now approaching India to export it to them.
With Agni and the tactical cruise missile BrahMos, India can simply maintain targets between 30 to five,000 kms. The BrahMos can take down targets from 30 to 300kms whereas the Agni can maintain the ranges past that.
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