New Delhi: India has successfully carried out the launch of Intermediate Range quasi ballistic nuclear missile—Agni-Prime—from a rail-based mobile launcher system that allows the military to have cross-country mobility and launch within a short reaction time with reduced visibility.

The first-of-its-kind launch carried out from the specially designed Rail-based Mobile Launcher gives the military the capability to move on rail network without any pre-conditions.

This means that the missile, which has a range of 2,000 kilometres, is literally a missile on the go. This means that it can be fired even as it is being transported from one location to the other using the specialised mobile launcher. It is self-sustained and is equipped with all independent launch capability features, includ

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