India Test Fires Long-Range, Nuke-Capable Missile

Posted by Soulskill on Friday April 20, 2012 @01:33AM from the new-toys-that-go-boom dept.

An anonymous reader writes "India has successfully test fired a long-range, nuke-capable missile. Named after Hindu God of fire 'Agni', the ICBM is capable of hitting targets in China, East Africa and parts of Europe. With a successful launch of the missile, India joins an elite group of nations with long-range weapons. 'The BBC's Andrew North in Delhi says Indian officials deny it, but everyone believes the missile is mainly aimed at deterring China. A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry, Liu Weimin, said his country was not threatened by the test. ... It was only launched once officials were sure they had the best weather conditions — so this was as much a demonstration as a real test, to show India's rivals that it has this kind of capability.'"

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Good morning! by shemyazaz · 2012-04-20 01:38 · Score: 4, Funny

Its a wonderful day in the neighborhood....
Re:Can't feed nor provide clean water for populati by daem0n1x · 2012-04-20 02:08 · Score: 5, Funny

Excuse me, I didn't get it. Are you talking about India or the USA?
Re:India invents the "V2"? by Khyber · 2012-04-20 05:54 · Score: 3, Funny

"For all we know cpu6502 could in fact be Mahmoud Ahmadinejad."
But there are no gays in Iran!

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