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Monday, February 02, 2009

India lags behind Pakistan in missiles

Prithvi missileWith active help from China and North Korea, Pakistan has surged well ahead of India in the missile arena.

The only nuclear-capable ballistic missile in India's arsenal which can be said to be 100% operational as of now is the short-range Prithvi missile.

Though the 700-km Agni-I and 2,000-km-plus Agni-II ballistic missiles are being "inducted" into the armed forces, it will take "some time" for them to become "fully-operational in the numbers required".

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1 comment:

  1. Pete4/2/09 15:14

    Could be true. India needs to prove otherwise.

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