As a developing country, India is also improving in the field of nuclear weapon science. India is going on testing new nuclear weapons at regular intervals. After testing Agni I with 12000 kg of explosives, it has now tested Agni II successfully.

According to defense sources, India tested the nuclear-capable intermediate range Agni-II missile with a range of over 2,000 kms from a launch site in Orissa.

Agni II, which is a surface to surface missile, was tested from Bhadrak about 200 kms from Bhubaneswar. This is an aboriginal missile with of 21mtr length and 1 mtr diameter.

The explosive permitted in this missile is approx 16000 kg with two stage solid propeller. This kind of test shows that India is also in the race of nuclear.

Meanwhile, India also tested Dhanush, launched from INS Subhadra, and Prithvi (P-11), launched from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, Orissa. Both tests were conducted successfully by the Indian Navy and Army respectively.