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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The 'Missile Woman' behind India's test launch
Hailed as a trail blazer in male-dominated India, Tessy Thomas juggles domestic duties with her day job — as the country’s top ballistic missile expert.
Thomas was project director for the Agni V long-range nuclear-capable missile which was test-fired last week in a major military advance that will give India the ability to hit all of rival China’s cities for the first time.
Celebrated as “Missile Woman” in the local media, she has lent a new and unusual face to the secretive world of India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
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