Agni-V will be launched in the eastern state of India, Orissa. Observers say that Agni means fire in Hindi and Sanskrit will be the foundation for India's nuclear deterrent weapons.
The missile has become one of India's most advanced weapons. In 2010, India successfully in a test Agni-II, an intermediate-range ballistic missiles with the distance of 2,000 kilometers.
Game changer
Rahul Bedi defense analysts say the success of the flight test Agni-V missile, which can carry a warhead weighing 1.5 tons into the reach of Chinese missiles, India will strengthen its nuclear deterrent as a fully functioning in the year 2014-15.
Agni-V missile has a height of 17.5 meters, solid-fuel, has three levels and sliding weight 50 tons at a cost of manufacture reached 480 million U.S. dollars or about Rp 4.4 trillion.
Agni-V could reach Tehran, Beijing and Jakarta.
Currently only China, Russia, France, USA and UK who have a long-range missiles. Israel is rumored to also have it.
"Agni-V is to address today's threat perception, which is required by our defense forces,'' said a spokesman for Defence Research and Development Organisation, DRDO, Ravi Gupta, told AFP news agency.
"It is an antidote to prevent war and not for a specific country,'' he said.
'' Gupta said India has a policy of non-first use'', and describe their missile development program to survive'' pure''.
VK Saraswat, a scientific adviser to Defence Minister AK Antony, told the Hindu newspaper said that this launch will be a'' historic day''.
"Agni-V is a game changer and a marvel of technology. It is a weapon that can perform various functions,'' he said.