NEW DELHI: India successfully tested the new-generation nuclear capable Agni-Prime ballistic missile, which has a strike range up to 2,000km, from a rail-based launcher system for the first time on Wednesday night. With the road-mobile Agni Prime already being inducted into the tri-Service Strategic Forces Command (SFC), the specially designed rail launcher will enhance the operational flexibility, survivability and cross-country mobility of this smallest and lightest ballistic missile among the Agni series. "The rail launcher will allow SFC to launch on the go with a short reaction time, along with reduced visibility to enemy forces. Rail-based launchers, for instance, can escape detection by enemy satellites by hiding in tunnels," an official told TOI. The Agni-Prime is a canister-l

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