READY FOR LAUNCH : Agni III ICBM

[arti]

India’s first intermediate range ballistic missile (http://www.himalyanindia.com/dir/Society/History/By_Time_Period/Twentieth_Century/Atomic_Age/) (ICBM), the Agni-III, has been ready for flight tests for 18 months now. However, geopolitical sensitivities seem to have introduced traditional delays in getting the missile off the ground, especially for a project that has seen far fewer time and cost overruns than the Agni-I and II missile programmes.

With its 3,000 km range and 1 tonne warhead capacity, it is hardly a secret that the Agni-III was envisaged as a deterrent to Beijing’s rapidly expanding missile capability.

DRDO Chief said M Natarajan said that all technical parameters for the launch of missile have been completed and they are ready for the launch today.

[Yudhister]

If I am true ICBM stands for Inter Continental Ballistic Missile. Wow that is gr8. It will improve India's strengths by leaps and bounds. It will also be a nice reply for our neighbouring country who show off his borrowed missile technology by testing missiles frequently.