President of India Congratulates Drdo on the Successful Test-firing of Agni-v

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee congratulated DRDO on the successful test-firing of the third developmental trial of Agni-V surface-to-surface missile.

In his message to Dr. AvinashChander,Scientific Advisor to RakshaMantri and Director-General, DRDO, the President has said, "I extend hearty congratulations to all those associatedwith the successful test-firing of the third developmental trial of India’s indigenous Agni-V surface-to-surface missile.

I am happy to know that many new technologies relating to navigation and guidance, warhead as well as engine has been tried out in this version. I understand today’s test is also the first time the missile has been tried out in a canisterised version.

Kindly convey my felicitations to the members of your team of scientists, engineers,and all others involved in this effort. Our nation is grateful for their hard work and proud of their accomplishment”.

This release issued at 1530 hrs.