The missile, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead weighing 500 kg, was launched at 10 08 am.
The missile, however, carried a dummy warhead.
G.Satheesh Reddy, Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister and Director-General, Missile & Strategic Systems, DRDO, and other top officers were present during the launch.
The DRDO designed and developed the Agni-I, which weighs 12 tonnes and is 15 metres long. It has a range of 750 km.
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