Agni-V successfully test-fired - Thursday April 19,2012

Agni-V, a solid fuelled Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile developed by Defense Research and Development Organisation(DRDO)of India

to strike targets well beyond 5,500 km away was successfully test-fired  from Wheeler Island off Orissa Coast on April 19,2012

The 17-metre-long surface-to-surface ballistic missile lifted off majestically from a rail mobile launcher at 8.04 a.m. After a flight time of 20 minutes, the missile re-entry vehicle impacted the pre-designated target point more than 5,000 kms away in the Indian Ocean with a high degree of accuracy.

V.G. Sekaran, Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), which designed and developed Agni-V, described it an overwhelming success. 

Avinash Chander Chief Controller (Missiles and Strategic Systems), DRDO called it a major achievement and said no other missile in India has achieved more than 5,000 km range.