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Friday, December 29, 2006

India to test fire Agni-III early next year

Agni-IIIIndia is planning to test fire again the country's most potent missile 3,000 kms range surface to surface Agni-III early in the new year as Defence scientists make a bid to wash out failures which plagued missile programme in 2006.

The maiden trial of Agni-III which was to incorporate many advanced technologies conducted in July 2006 was a dismal failure as the missile crashed into sea just seconds after blast off from the Interim Test Range in Balasore in Orissa.

After undertaking a minute review of the causes of failure of the maiden test flight of Agni-III, DRDO has now planned a re-trial of missile any time during January or early February, Defence Ministry officials said.

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