Odisha coast India – India on Friday (Friday 6, 2026) successfully test-fired the nuclear warhead-capable Agni-3 ballistic missile, which has a strike range of more than 3,000 km, from Chandipur off the Odisha coast, officials said. The surface-to-surface missile was launched from a mobile launcher by Strategic Forces Command (SFC) personnel as part of a routine training exercise for the user.

The missile was picked randomly from the production site and tested, he said, adding that the SFC is tasked with handling strategic weapon systems. Officials said the launch validated all operational and technical parameters. After the auto-launch was ordered, the two-stage solid-propelled missile took off on a specified flight path and struck the pre-determined target area in the Bay of Bengal with precision.

Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) sources said it meets all the objectives of the mission. Various parameters and trajectory of the 17 meter long missile were tracked and monitored in real time by radar as well as telemetry and electro-optical systems on the east coast.

He said two down-range ships near the impact point recorded the terminal event. Agni-3 is one of the most advanced and accurate missiles of its class and has already been inducted into the armed forces.

It is capable of carrying a payload weighing 1. 5 tonnes to a distance of more than 3,000 kilometers.