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In the wake of the successful launch of Agni-V Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), the DRDO chief, Dr V.K. Saraswat, today briefed the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on the mission and its future development programme.
The meeting at the Prime Minister’s residence lasted for 30 minutes.
Dr Saraswat was accompanied by Agni Project Director, Mr Avinash Chandra, who has been involved in the development and successful launch of the Agni series missiles, Defence Research and Development Organisation officials said here.
The over 5,000-km range Agni-V was launched on Thursday from a test range at Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha.
Dr Saraswat, while interacting with mediapersons yesterday, had said that the missile had met all its mission objectives and it would be inducted into the service in another two years.
“Two more tests would be conducted in this year and early next year and after that process will begin to hand over the missile to the services,” he had said.
Congratulating DRDO after the successful launch, the Prime Minister had said that Agni-V represented another milestone in India’s quest to add to the credibility of its security and preparedness.
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