India has registered a major milestone in its strategic defense strength with the successful test firing of the intermediate-range Agni-Prime missile from a specially adapted rail-based mobile launcher system on Thursday. This is for the first time that a missile test of this kind has been carried out using a launch platform networked with the national rail system.

'First-of-its-kind' Launch Boosts Deterrence

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced the successful test on social media site X, describing it as a "first-of-its-kind launch."

The most important strategic benefit of the new system is its mobility and stealth. The rail-mounted Mobile Launcher can travel across the entire rail network "without any preconditions," providing the Strategic Forc

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