The test-firing of the missile came over four-and-half-months after the four-day military conflict between India and Pakistan.

India has successfully test-fired the Agni-Prime missile, an intermediate-range weapon with a 2,000 km strike capability, from a rail-based mobile launcher system. It shows countries’ ability to deploy the missile across the country.

A day after the test, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday that the achievement places India among a select group of nations capable of launching such advanced weapon systems from a rail network.

The Defence Ministry confirmed that the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in partnership with the Strategic Forces Command (SFC), conducted the launch under a full operational scenario on Wednesday, declaring

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