NEW DELHI: This can be launched from a train and even precisely hit the target that is 2,000 km away. India's Agni Prime ballistic missile test was successfully conducted on Thursday.

With this, India became the fourth country to be able to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile from a truck and a train simultaneously. The other countries to achieve this feat are Russia, the US and China.

The test was successfully conducted from a specially designed train with a launcher system. Agni Prime is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. The test was conducted jointly by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Strategic Forces Command (SFC). The DRDO described the achievement as a 'game changer'.

The sixth intercontinental missile in the Agni range. Tests from a

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