An Indian defense source said that the locally-developed 17-meter (56-foot) Agni V was launched at 8:05 (0235 GMT) Thursday.
“It will take some time to know whether it has been successful,” the official added.
The missile has a range of more than 5,000 km (3,100 miles).
Agni V could target anywhere in regional military rival China, analysts say.
“It will be a quantum leap in India’s strategic capability,” Ravi Gupta, the spokesman of India’s Defense Research and Development Organization, said before the launch.
The Agni (meaning “fire” in Hindi and Sanskrit) in one of the country’s most sophisticated weapons.
In 2010, India successfully test-fired Agni-II missile, with a range of over 2,000 km (1,250 miles).
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