In September 2025, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in partnership with the Strategic Forces Command (SFC), the military arm of the Nuclear Command Authority (NCA), successfully conducted the test launch of the next-generation Intermediate Range Agni-Prime (Agni-P) missile from Rail-Based Mobile Launcher (RBML) at the Abdul Kalam Island, off the Odisha coast, under full operational conditions.

This marks the 1 st – of-its-kind launch carried out using a specially designed platform integrated with the national railway network.

About RBML :

Launch Outcome: The missile’s trajectory was accurately tracked, confirming a textbook launch that met all objectives and paved the way for induction of rail-based missile systems into service.

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