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India tests nuclear missile

India Successfully Tests Nuclear-Capable Missile Voice of America 13 December 2009 The surface-to-surface Dhanush missile was fired Sunday from a ship in the Bay of Bengal. India says it has successfully test fired a short range, nuclear-capable missile.

Officials fired the surface-to-surface Dhanush missile Sunday from a ship in the Bay of Bengal.  The missile can hit a target up to 350 kilometers away.

India last tested the Dhanush missile in 2007.  India and neighboring Pakistan routinely test-fire missiles.  The two countries have fought three wars since partition in 1947, and both countries conducted nuclear weapons tests in 1998.

They also are not signatories to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty India Successfully Tests Nuclear-Capable Missile | War and Conflicts | English

December 14, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1 | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons