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India to Test Longer-Range Agni Ballistic Missile
India will test its longer-range Agni ballistic missile in the next few months, newspapers here reported Jan. 1.
“Agni-111 will certainly be launched in the next few months,†V.K. Atre, chief of India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) told reporters here Dec. 31.
The Times of India daily said the flight-testing could be held within four months, but there was no immediate official confirmation of the report.
DRDO sources say the latest variant of the nuclear-capable Agni (Fire) missile will have a maximum range of up to 4,000 kilometers (2,480 miles), making it capable of striking strategic targets deep inside China.
Agni-111’s test was originally scheduled for 2003 but it was deferred because of moves by arch-rivals India and Pakistan to bury decades of mutual hostility, analysts say.
India has already begun the production of its 700-kilometer (434-mile) Agni-1 and the 2,500-kilometer- (1,550-mile-) range Agni-11 after flight-testing both the ballistic missiles several times since 1993.
India, which conducted nuclear weapons tests in 1998, has developed a series of nuclear and conventional missile systems as part of the DRDO’s Integrated Missile Development Program, which was launched in 1983.
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http://www.defencetalk.com/news/publish/article_1098.shtml
How would this look during SAARC conference? Would this test be overshadowed by peace and prosperity talk at the summit by the indian delegation? :roll
India will test its longer-range Agni ballistic missile in the next few months, newspapers here reported Jan. 1.
“Agni-111 will certainly be launched in the next few months,†V.K. Atre, chief of India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) told reporters here Dec. 31.
The Times of India daily said the flight-testing could be held within four months, but there was no immediate official confirmation of the report.
DRDO sources say the latest variant of the nuclear-capable Agni (Fire) missile will have a maximum range of up to 4,000 kilometers (2,480 miles), making it capable of striking strategic targets deep inside China.
Agni-111’s test was originally scheduled for 2003 but it was deferred because of moves by arch-rivals India and Pakistan to bury decades of mutual hostility, analysts say.
India has already begun the production of its 700-kilometer (434-mile) Agni-1 and the 2,500-kilometer- (1,550-mile-) range Agni-11 after flight-testing both the ballistic missiles several times since 1993.
India, which conducted nuclear weapons tests in 1998, has developed a series of nuclear and conventional missile systems as part of the DRDO’s Integrated Missile Development Program, which was launched in 1983.
URL of this article:
http://www.defencetalk.com/news/publish/article_1098.shtml
How would this look during SAARC conference? Would this test be overshadowed by peace and prosperity talk at the summit by the indian delegation? :roll
