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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