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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- The Agni-IV is an Indian intermediate-range, road-mobile, two-stage solid-fuel ballistic missile with a range of about 4,000 kilometres, developed by the DRDO.
- What is the range of the Agni-IV missile?
- How does the Agni-IV differ from the Agni-V?
- Who controls and operates the Agni-IV in India?
- Why is the Agni-IV's solid-fuel, canisterised design significant?

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The Agni-IV is an Indian intermediate-range, road-mobile, two-stage solid-fuel ballistic missile with a range of about 4,000 kilometres, developed by the DRDO.

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## Timeline

1. 15 November 2011

   Its first successful test occurred on from Wheeler Island (later renamed Dr Abdul Kalam Island) off the Odisha coast, following an earlier failed Agni-II Pr…

2. 19 September 2012

   Subsequent validation and user-associate trials by the SFC followed on , 20 January 2014, 2 December 2014, 9 November 2015, 6 June 2018, and a night trial on…

3. 20 January 2014

   Subsequent validation and user-associate trials by the SFC followed on 19 September 2012, , 2 December 2014, 9 November 2015, 6 June 2018, and a night trial…

4. 2 December 2014

   Subsequent validation and user-associate trials by the SFC followed on 19 September 2012, 20 January 2014, , 9 November 2015, 6 June 2018, and a night trial…

5. 9 November 2015

   Subsequent validation and user-associate trials by the SFC followed on 19 September 2012, 20 January 2014, 2 December 2014, , 6 June 2018, and a night trial…

6. 6 June 2018

   Subsequent validation and user-associate trials by the SFC followed on 19 September 2012, 20 January 2014, 2 December 2014, 9 November 2015, , and a night tr…

7. 6 June 2022

   Subsequent validation and user-associate trials by the SFC followed on 19 September 2012, 20 January 2014, 2 December 2014, 9 November 2015, 6 June 2018, and…

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India's DRDO and the Strategic Forces Command conducted a successful night trial of the Agni-IV ballistic missile on 6 June 2022 from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast.

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