NEW DELHI, April 19 (UPI) -- India says it has successfully launched a domestically produced nuclear-capable Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of more than 3,000 miles.
The test launch took place Thursday off the coast of the eastern Indian state of Odisha.
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"We have done it. Superhit," said V.L. Saraswat, chief of India's Defense Research and Development Organization.
The three-stage solid-fuel rocket, at 57 feet tall, reportedly cost $480 million to develop.
It has a launch weight of 50 tons.
The missile brings all of Asia, 70 percent of Europe and other regions within range and puts India among a select group of countries with intercontinental ballistic missile capability, China's state-run news agency Xinhua reported.
