Indian Missile News And Discussion

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Nightwatch says:

Nightwatch 2/8/10

India: IANS reported that yesterday (7 February), India executed its fourth test launch of Indian-built Agni-III ballistic missile. The Agni-III has a range of more than 3,000 kms, which qualifies it as an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM).It can carry conventional explosives or a nuclear warhead of up to 1.5 tons.







The press announcement said this was a full range test into the Indian Ocean. The missile’s range covers almost all of China, all of Southeast Asia down to Java, all of Central Asia and all of the Middle East to the Nile River in Sudan.







This missile is a strategic weapon that has no military role in any fight with Pakistan except to threaten China, Pakistan’s principal arms supplier.