{"id":85388,"date":"2019-11-17T15:30:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T10:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=11671"},"modified":"2019-11-17T15:30:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T10:00:22","slug":"india-completes-agni-ii-test-fire-successfully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-completes-agni-ii-test-fire-successfully\/","title":{"rendered":"India completes Agni II test fire successfully"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>India successfully conducted the first night trial of &#8216;Agni-II&#8217; from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Agni-II:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Agni-II is an intermediate-range ballistic missile(IRBM) that has already been inducted into the armed forces.This was the first time that this missile was test-fired at night.<\/li><li>The missile was developed by DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organization).<\/li><li>The missile is a surface-to-surface medium-range nuclear-capable missile that can carry a nuclear payload of 1000kgs.<\/li><li>The missile has a strike range of 2000 km.The range of the 21-metre long missile weighing 17 tonnes can also be increased to three thousand kilometres by reducing the payload.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional information:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Ballistic missile:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ballistic missile follows a ballistic trajectory to deliver one or more warheads to a predetermined target.&nbsp;<\/li><li>These weapons are guided during relatively brief periods of flight and most of their trajectory is unpowered, being governed by gravity and air resistance if in the atmosphere.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>DRDO was established in 1958 by the government of India.It is under the administrative control of Union Ministry of Defence.<\/li><li>DRDO aims to enhance India\u2019s self-reliance in Defence Systems.It undertakes design &amp; development leading to the production of a world-class weapon system.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:India successfully conducted the first night trial of &#8216;Agni-II&#8217; from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast. Facts: About Agni-II: Agni-II is an intermediate-range ballistic missile(IRBM) that has already been inducted into the armed forces.This was the first time that this missile was test-fired at night. The missile was developed by DRDO (Defence Research and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-completes-agni-ii-test-fire-successfully\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India completes Agni II test fire successfully<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1738],"tags":[2729],"class_list":["post-85388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-agni-ii","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700807683,"cached_date":1704932599},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}