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The medium-range ballistic missile Agni-4 was successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Odisha, on Thursday (August 6, 2026), with the launch validating all operational and technical parameters.
The test was carried out under the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command (SFC), the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.
The Agni-IV’s first flight test took place on December 10, 2010; the missile crashed into the sea shortly after launch due to errors its control system.3 The DRDO conducted the missile’s second test at its Odisha Integrated Test Range on November 15, 2011. Launched from a road-mobile launch truck, the Agni-IV travelled 3,000 km and reached a maximum altitude of 900 km before landing in the Bay of Bengal.4
On September 19, 2012, the DRDO successfully test launched the Agni-IV to a range of 4,000 km. The test missile reportedly carried a live conventional payload, which landed near its target with an accuracy of under 100 meters.5
On January 20, 2014, the DRDO successfully flight tested the Agni-IV to a range of 4,000 km. Launched from a road-mobile launcher, the missile reached a maximum altitude of 850 km before landing in the Indian Ocean. The missile reportedly carried a mock nuclear warhead (“the entire warhead minus the nuclear part”), detonating its conventional explosive lenses near its target.
On December 2, 2014, the Indian Army Strategic Forces Command (SFC) conducted its first user trial of the Agni-IV, successfully launching it to a range of “over more than 3,500 km.” The trial was the first of three to four tests typically conducted before induction into service.7 SFC conducted three additional successful tests on November 9, 2015, January 2, 2017, and December 3, 2018.
