India launches 5,000-km range Agni-5 missile successfully

The tension sharpened at the launch area at Wheeler Island on the Odisha coast this morning as the massive, 50-tonne, 17.5-metre-high Agni-5 missile was elevated into the vertical launch position, and the pre-launch checks began. The previous evening, exactly at this stage, lightning and thunder in the skies above had led to the launch being put off till morning.

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