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India ramping up nuclear weapons

India announces long-range nuclear-capable missile test Google News By Pratap Chakravarty (AFP) – 11 Feb 2010 NEW DELHI — India will test a nuclear-capable missile with a range of over 5,000 kilometres (3,000 miles) within a year, its top military scientist said Wednesday, risking a rise in regional tensions.“The next series of missiles is Agni-V, which has left the drawing board and is moving toward the first flight trial within the year,” the country’s chief military scientist, V.K. Saraswat, told a news conference in New Delhi.India’s current longest-range nuclear-capable missile, Agni-III, can travel a maximum of 3,500 kilometres and is now ready for use by the military, Saraswat said.”The missile system will be fully inducted into the armed forces,” Saraswat said. “It is the full deterrence that the country needs.”The Indian-built Agni-III — Agni means fire in Sanskrit — was first tested in 2006 and brings major Chinese cities such as Shanghai within striking distance, defence analysts say.

AFP: India announces long-range nuclear-capable missile test

February 11, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1 | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons