India’s missile power lifts off

Posted by Matt in May 22nd, 2008 | no comment

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The spread of long-range ballistic missiles took a step forward on May 7 with India’s successful flight test of its Agni-III missile that can carry a nuclear warhead as far as Beijing.
But the difference between this and other missile developments is that India’s missiles — like those of the United States, Britain, France and Israel [...]

Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable cruise missile

Posted by Matt in May 8th, 2008 | no comment

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Pakistan said it test-fired a short-range cruise missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead Thursday, one day after archrival India test-fired a long-range missile with nuclear capability.
The 220-mile-range Pakistani missile, known as the Ra’ad or Hatf VIII, was developed exclusively for launch from aircraft, a military statement said.
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New Delhi flexing its muscles, test-fires nuclear [...]

China-specific Agni-III to be tested today

Posted by Matt in May 7th, 2008 | no comment

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The countdown for the launch of Agni-III, designed to hit high-value targets deep inside China with a strike range of 3,500-km, has begun at the integrated test range on Wheeler Island off the coast of Orissa.
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Technicalities apart, India needs an operational Agni-III missile as soon as possible since China already has a wide array of [...]

India worried about China’s growing N-sub prowess

Posted by Matt in May 6th, 2008 | no comment

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NEW DELHI: The absence of nuclear-powered submarines armed with nuclear-tipped missiles has come back to haunt the Indian defence establishment, even though plans are afoot to test the China-specific Agni-III missile within this week.
Though tabs were being kept on China’s underground nuclear submarine base on the southern tip of the Hainan Island in South China [...]