NEW DELHI: India tested its longest-range intercontinental missile on Thursday, the defence ministry said, part of efforts to build a nuclear deterrent against neighbouring Pakistan and China.
The 5,000-km range (3,107-mile) Agni missile was tested from an island in India´s eastern coast in the Bay of Bengal, the ministry said on its official Twitter account. It said the launch was ?a major boost to the defence capabilities? of India.The Agni-V is an advanced version of the indigenously built Agni, or Fire series, part of a programme that started in the 1980s. It has been tested previously.
01-19-2018, 11:01 AM
India test-fires longest range missile
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