India successfully test fires nuclear-capable missile

Source:AFP Published: 2012-12-12 23:20:06

India on Wednesday successfully test fired the medium-range nuclear-capable "Agni I" missile from a site off the eastern coast.

The missile, which has been tested repeatedly before, has a range of 700 kilometers, capable of hitting targets in regional rival Pakistan.

India was subject to US-led sanctions on its nuclear program after its first atomic test in 1974. These were hardened in 1998 when New Delhi declared itself a nuclear weapons state after conducting five test nuclear explosions.

New Delhi refuses to sign the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty  and the Missile Technology Control Regime, which it views as discriminatory and in favor of existing nuclear powers.

AFP

 



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