Agni Prime a textbook launch: DRDO chief
The Hindu
“Kudos to the entire Agni team and you have done the country proud.”
The test launch of Agni Prime Missile on Saturday from off the Odisha coast near Balasore was a textbook launch and the entire team serves accolades for the excellent work, said Union Defence Secretary and DRDO Chairman G. Sateesh Reddy.
After spending 15 tense minutes at 11 a.m. at the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Anantapur College of Engineering Platinum Jubilee celebrations here on Saturday, Mr. Sateesh Reddy said the team had launched the first missile in June and after taking the data from that launch improvised on the system and Saturday’s launch was a “perfect Textbook Launch”. “Kudos to the entire Agni team and you have done the country proud,” he told the team members over his phone while he was unveiling the pylon at the college here.