Voice of America News, NEW DELHI: India has tested a sophisticated, long-range nuclear-capable missile that dramatically boosts the range of targets it could hit.
Defense officials say the new Agni-3 missile was test-fired Sunday from an island in the eastern state of Orissa. The word Agni means “fire” in Hindi.
The missile, which can carry a nuclear warhead, has a range of 3,000 kilometers. Officials, who did not want to be named, said the test was successful.
Uday Bhaskar, deputy head of the government-funded Institute of Defense Studies, says the Agni-3 will boost India's strategic capability. “The Agni test of today would serve to establish India's credibility, in terms of its missile systems,” he said. “So, to the extent that India is working toward a credible, minimum deterrent
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