| Is Missile: | yes |
| Agni-II | |
| Origin: | India |
| Type: | Medium Range Ballistic Missile |
| Service: | Active[1] |
| Used By: | Strategic Forces Command |
| Manufacturer: | Bharat Dynamics Limited |
| Unit Cost: | to [2] |
| Guidance: | Mid-course: Ring laser gyro inertial navigation system. Optionally augmented by GPS/NavIC satellite guidance Terminal: Radar scene correlation. Upgraded to active radar homing. |
| Accuracy: | 30–40 m CEP[3] [4] |
| Propellant: | Solid fuel |
| Weight: | 16000kg (35,000lb) |
| Filling Weight: | 1000kg (2,000lb) |
| Number: | 12 (2017 est.)[5] |
| Length: | 21 m[6] |
| Diameter: | 1.3 m |
| Speed: | 3.5 km/s (14,040 km/h)[7] |
| Vehicle Range: | 2,000–3,500 km[8] |
| Ceiling: | 405 km[9] |
| Altitude: | 230 km |
| Filling: | Conventional high explosive-unitary, penetration, sub-munitions, incendiary, thermobaric, strategic nuclear weapon |
Agni-II (IAST: Agni,), is the second strategic ballistic missile of the Agni family envisaged to be the mainstay of the Indian missile-based strategic nuclear deterrence. The Agni-II is a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) with two solid fuel stages and a Post Boost Vehicle (PBV) integrated into the missile's Re-entry Vehicle (RV). The Agni's manoeuvring RV is made of a carbon-carbon composite material that is light and able to sustain high thermal stresses of re-entry, in a variety of trajectories. The Agni-IIA is a more advanced version of Agni-II, albeit with more sophisticated and lighter materials, yielding a better range and operating regime. Agni-IIA was later renamed as Agni-IV plugging the gap between Agni-II and Agni-III. While the first test of Agni-IV in December 2010 was a failure, the second test flight in November 2011 was a success[10] Agni-II, developed as part of medium- and long-range Agni series of missile systems, has already been inducted into the Armed Forces.[11]
On 17 May 2010, the trial was conducted with a Strategic Forces Command (SFC) of nuclear-capable Agni-II ballistic missile, with a range of 2,000 kilometres from the Wheelers Island off Orissa coast thus making Agni-II missile operational by army.[12] US Air Force National Air and Space Intelligence Center estimating that as of June 2017 less than 10 launchers were operationally deployed,[13] operated by the 335 Missile Group of Regiment of Artillery at Secunderabad using 12 TEL vehicles.[14]
Agni-II can reach all of Pakistan and most parts of south and southeastern China.[15]