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Tuesday, June 07, 2011
India to Test Long-Range Ballistic Missile in December
The Indian military in December intends to conduct the first flight test of a nuclear-capable ballistic missile with a designed range of roughly 3,100 miles, the Times of India reported on Saturday (see GSN, March 28).
The flight range of the Agni 5 system is almost enough to classify it as an ICBM. The Agni 5 was designed largely to deter an attack by China, which possess nuclear-capable missiles that can travel more than 6,900 miles, enabling them to strike any Indian population center, according to the newspaper.
The Agni 5 could hit areas in China's far northern sector.
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