Thursday, April 19, 2012

India Successfully Test Launches It's First ICBM



India Test-Fires Longest-Range Missile to Counter Neighbor China -- Bloomberg

India test-fired its longest-range missile for the first time, a weapon with the potential to target parts of northern China.

The 50-ton, 17.5-meter Agni-V missile that is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and traveling 5,000 kilometers was launched at about 8:05 a.m. local time from Wheeler Island in the eastern state of Odisha today, according to CNN-IBN television channel. Ravi Kumar Gupta, a spokesman for the state- run Defence Research & Development Organisation, which makes the missile, did not answer two calls to his mobile phone.

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More News On India Successfully Test Launching It's First ICBM

Agni-V, India's first ICBM test-fired successfully -- Times of India
Agni V, India's first ICBM, successfully test-fired -- NDTV
Agni V successfully test-fired -- The Hindu
India launches long-range missile on test flight -- CNN
India tests long-range missile; capable of reaching China -- CNBC
Agni-V missile to take India into elite nuclear club -- BBC
Indian missile that could hit Beijing tested -- CBS/AP
India Launches Long-Range Missile -- Wall Street Journal
India tests nuclear missile that can hit Beijing -- USA Today/AP
India tests long-range nuclear-capable missile -- AFP
Top 10 facts about Agni-V -- NDTV

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