India successfully test-fired Agni 5 Nuclear-Capable Missile

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New Delhi: India has successfully test-fired the nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni 5 on Thursday night. This was the ninth test-firing of the Agni 5. The missile has a range of about 5,000 km and the Agni – 5 was first tested in 2012.

The Agni 5 can reach most cities in mainland China, including Beijing. The Agni 5 test-firing test was prescheduled; it assumes significance amid the fresh tension along the LAC in Arunachal Pradesh, where Indian troops stopped Chinese forces from unilaterally changing the LAC

India had weeks ago announced its intention to test a long-range missile, for which it issued a NOTAM or notice to airmen to warn about the planned test-firing. With this successful test, the Agni 5 moves closer to being inducted in India’s Strategic Force Command.

India doesn’t urgently need an intercontinental ballistic missile or ICBM, whose range starts from 6,000 km as the Agni 5 can easily reach mainland China.

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