Wheeler Island readies for Agni-5 missile launch

It takes time and a strong back to reach Wheeler's Island, from where an Agni-5 missile will blast off on Sunday morning, carrying a simulated nuclear payload to a target 5,000 kilometres away in the southern Indian Ocean. After a two-hour flight from Delhi to Bhubaneswar, we jolt along for five hours on the road to Dhamra, wondering how the 19 metre-long, 50-tonne Agni-5 ever made that journey. At Dhamra, we board a ferry, which chugs past the Bhitarkanika sanctuary, its thick mangroves a haven for the local saltwater crocodile. An hour later, we are finally at Wheeler Island.

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