India fires long range nuclear missile, first in its programme for intercontinental ballistic missiles
India fires its longest-range missile, capable of going deep into China, China Post, 16 Nov 11, BHUBANESHWAR, India–India on Tuesday successfully test fired one of its longest-range missiles capable of carrying a one-ton nuclear warhead deep inside China, officials said….. the nuclear-capable, two-stage missile which is powered by solid fuel was fired beyond the Bay of Bengal into the Indian Ocean. Agni means fire in Sanskrit.
“Agni-IV has a maximum range of 3,500 kilometers (2,170 miles) but this time the launch parameter was 3,000 kilometers,” the official spokesman said….. Defense ministry sources said military scientists were also giving the final shape to the 5,000-km range Agni-V, scheduled to be test-fired for the first time early next year.
India has also said it may develop an intercontinental ballistic missile….. India is among the world’s top 10 military spenders. It plans to splurge US$50 billion by 2015 to upgrade its military. It has fought three wars with rival Pakistan since their independence in 1947 and a brief but bloody border conflict with China in 1962. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/india/2011/11/16/323102/India-fires.htm
No comments yet.
1 This month
of the week – Disrupting War & Militarism in Oceania. Active solidarity. Radical practice.
Antinuclear 
Leave a comment