The Strategic Forces Command (SFC) carried out the successful test of the missile from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha.
SFC is a key tri-services formation that manages and administers all the strategic assets It falls under purview of the Nuclear Command Authority (NCA)
Agni-V is a nuclear capable advanced surface-tosurface ballistic missile developed indigenously by DRDO under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP). The IGMDP had five missiles as Prithvi, Agni, Trishul, Nag and Akash.
It is in line with India’s minimum credible deterrent nuclear doctrine that highlights the commitment to ‘No First Use’.
