07-09-2006, 08:28 PM
<b>Agni-III develops snag, falls into sea</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The launch of the nuclear-capable missile, designed to hit targets at a distance of 3,500 km, from the Integrated Test Range at Wheeler Island was "successful" but its second stage did not separate and it fell into the sea, the sources said.
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They said the missile went up vertically to a height of about 12 km before the snag developed. The sources attributed the problem to a "design failure"<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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They said the missile went up vertically to a height of about 12 km before the snag developed. The sources attributed the problem to a "design failure"<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->