AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE,
NEW DELHI: India Sunday carried out its first test of a nuclear capable medium-range ballistic missile capable of reaching the Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai, defence officials said.
The test of the Agni-III missile took place from Wheeler Island, 180 kilometres (111.6 miles) northeast of Bhubaneswar, capital of India's eastern Orissa state, he said.
In May, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee told a military function in New Delhi that the Agni-III was ready, but that the country was observing “self-imposed restraint” before testing.
The test launch comes just day after North Korea sparked an international outcry by test-firing seven missiles without warning into the Sea of Japan (East Sea).
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