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 by 555th missile group of the army.
Agni-II has the capability to carry a nuclear warhead weighing up to one tonne. The 20 meters long missile has been designed and developed by the Advanced Systems
Laboratory, a unit of the DRDO, in Hyderabad.