India on Thursday successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni-5 ballistic missile, having a strike range of over 5000 km, from a test range off the Odisha coast.

The most-advanced missile of the Agni series was fired a canister launcher, mounted on a mobile platform, at about 9.53 a.m. from number four launch pad of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Abdul Kalam Island, defence sources said.