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Monday, August 20, 2012

Agni-III test fire: India puts China on target

Agni III |In a bid to induct its first long-range ‘China-specific’ missile in the armed forces, India is contemplating a fresh test-firing of 3,500-km range nuclear-capable Agni-III missile from a defence base off the Odisha coast.

Defence sources said preparation for the launching of the country’s most potent missile, Agni-III, has already begun at the Wheeler Island. The missile is expected to be flight-tested anytime in the first week of September.

The test follows the successful user trials of two Agni variant missiles __ Agni-I and Agni-II __ by the Indian Army. Both the ‘Pakistan- specific’ missiles have already been inducted in the armed forces.

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