The missile, which can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads of 15 kilo tonne to 250 kilo tonne, was test-fired from lunch pad no-4 at 10.23 AM.
The 21-metre-long and 1.3-meter-wide ballistic missile weighs 16,000 KG and has a strike range of 2,000-3,000 KM. The missile can travel at a velocity of 3.9 KM per second and can be fired from rail and road mobile launchers.