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India successfully test fires Agni-III
www.chinaview.cn 2006-07-09 14:01:05
NEW DELHI, July 9 (Xinhua) -- India Sunday test-fired its nuclear-capable Agni-III long-range intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from a defense base in Orissa, Indian defense sources said.
The missile, for which preparations were on for the past month, was test-fired at around 11.05 a.m. from a mobile launcher at Wheeler Island in the coastal district of Bhadrak, some 200 km from Bhubaneswar, capital of Orissa.
Described as the most powerful of India's missiles developed by the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Agni-III has the capability of carrying a payload of 1,000 kg, the sources said.
Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee and top officials of the DRDO, including Avinash Chandra, director of the Agni-III program, were present at the launching.
Agni-III has a reach of more than 5,000 km. It has the capability of reaching targets virtually everywhere in the neighborhood, Indo-Asian News Service reported.
Eyewitnesses said the sleek missile roared into the overcast sky leaving behind a trail of thick yellow smoke and fire and vanished into the clouds within seconds.
Fitted with an onboard computer, it took off vertically into space and re-entered again to the splash down point near Nicobar island in the Bay of Bengal, the sources said.
The Agni-I, with a range of 700-800 km, and Agni-II, with a 2,000 km range, have already been inducted in the Indian Army as part of the country's minimum deterrent program. Enditem
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