Indian Missile News And Discussion

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[url="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/19/india-missile-idUSL3E8FJ1KZ20120419"]UPDATE 1-India tests long-range missile; capable of reaching China[/url]

A scientist at the launch site said the launch was successful, minutes after television images showed the rocket with a range of more than 5,000 km (3,100 miles) blasting through clouds from an island off India's east coast.



"It has met all the mission objectives," S.P.Dash, director of the test range, told Reuters. "It hit the target with very good accuracy."



The Indian-made Agni V is the crowning achievement of a now-mothballed missile programme developed primarily with a possible threat from neighbouring China in mind.