Agni-V launched Sunday Sep 15,2013

For the second time in 17 months, India’s most formidable and advanced strategic missile, Agni-V was tested for its full range of 5,000 km on Sunday Sep 15,2013.The three stage, solid propellant missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher from the launch complex-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at about 8:50am from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast

The three-stage, nuclear capable weapon Agni-V has the capability to carry over a 1,000 kg warhead over a distance of 5,000 km. It can cover entire Asia and most other land masses. All the three stages are solid-fuelled

The 17-metre tall missile rose majestically from a mobile launcher and zoomed into the sky. After the three stages got separated as planned at different altitudes, the nose cone carrying the dummy payload withstood scorching temperatures of 3000 degrees celsius , while re-entering the atmosphere and zeroed in on to the pre-designated target point in the Indian Ocean, 5000 km away with an accuracy of a few metres after a flight duration of little over 20 minutes. 

The launch of the nuclear weapons capable Agni-V once again demonstrated India’s capability in firing an Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)

 India staked the claim to join an elite club of nations to possess the technology for developing ICBMs after the remarkable success of Agni-V’s maiden flight-test in April 2012