NEW DELHI — India successfully test-launched a long-range missile on
Thursday that would give it the capability for the first time of sending
a nuclear warhead as far as China’s capital, Beijing, officials said.
Officials and defense experts said the Agni-V missile marks a
significant improvement in India’s nuclear-deterrent capability and was
clearly aimed at bolstering its defense against neighboring China.
It also puts India on the cusp of a small group of nations with
intercontinental nuclear weapons capabilities and burnishes its
credentials as a global heavyweight.
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