India, May 23 -- India on Friday successfully test-fired the short-range ballistic missile Agni-I from the Integrated Test Range at Integrated Test Range.

"The launch validated all operational and technical parameters," India's Ministry of Defence said in a statement.

The ministry said the test was conducted under the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command.

India's Agni missile series - Agni-I, Agni-II, Agni-III and Agni-IV - has strike ranges spanning approximately 700 km to 3,500 km.

According to the Ministry of Defence, the missile was tested with multiple payloads aimed at separate targets distributed across a vast geographical area in the Indian Ocean region.

"The telemetry and tracking were carried out by multiple ground- and sh...