A successful training launch of a short-range ballistic missile, 'Agni-1' was conducted

Current Context: India successfully conducted a training launch of the short-range ballistic missile Agni-1 from APJ Abdul Kalam Island, off the Odisha coast, on Thursday, December 7, 2023.

• The missile is a proven system already inducted into the Strategic Forces Command (SFC), and is capable of striking targets with a very high degree of precision.
• The user launch successfully validated all operational and technical parameters of the missile.
• The Agni-1 has a strike range of 700 km and can carry a nuclear warhead of up to 500 kg.
• It is one of the variants of the Agni series of missiles that India has been developing since the 1970s.
• The Agni series consists of five missiles: Agni-1 (700 km), Agni-2 (2,000 km), Agni-3 (3,000 km), Agni-4 (4,000 km) and Agni-5 (5,000 km).
• The Agni-5 is India’s most formidable nuclear-capable missile that can reach even the northernmost part of China within its strike envelope.

Question:

Q,1 When was the training launch of the short-range ballistic missile Agni-1 conducted?
a. December 5, 2023
b. December 7, 2023
c. December 9, 2023
d. December 11, 2023