Nation Test-Launches Nuclear-Capable Rocket
From Times Wire Reports
India successfully fired a nuclear-capable missile off the coast of the eastern state of Orissa in what a Defense Ministry spokesman called “a routine test.”
The Agni 1 missile has an estimated range of 750 miles.
India is developing an array of missiles as part of its nuclear defense strategy against neighbors China and Pakistan.
India staged nuclear tests and declared itself a nuclear power in 1998, prompting longtime rival Pakistan to respond with similar tests.
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