India test-fires nuclear capable ballistic missile

India test-fired its surface-to-surface nuclear capable Agni-I (A) ballistic missile off Abdul Kalam Island in its eastern sate of Odisha Tuesday, local media reported.

Photo released by India's Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) on Sept. 15, 2013 shows India's nuclear-capable missile Agni-V in the Wheeler Island, India. [File Photo: Xinhua/DRDO]

The home-grown ballistic missile was test fired at 8:30 a.m. local time (0300 GMT).

Local media said the test was conducted by the strategic force command of Indian army as part of a user trial.

"It was 18th version of Agni-I, which could achieve all parameters within the stipulated time period," the reports quoted defence sources as saying.

The missile, according to officials, was inducted into service in 2004.