Balasore, Nov. 16 -- India tonight conducted the users trial of surface-to-surface Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM), Agni-II from the launching complex-1V at the Abdul Kalam Island off Orissa coast.

The two-stage surface-to-surface missile, powered by solid propellants was test fired at 1932 hours by the Strategic Force Command of Indian Army.The missile had already been inducted into the Army in 2004 and will be used by555th missile group of the army.Agni-II has the capability to carry a nuclear warhead weighing up to one tonne. The20 meters long missile has been designed and developed by the Advanced Systems

Laboratory, a unit of the DRDO, in Hyderabad.The missile was part of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Progra...