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| Report: India Test-Fires Missile |
| 2003-06-23 |
| India on Sunday test-fired a short-range, surface-to-air missile capable of targeting aircraft and sea-skimming missiles. The supersonic Trishul missile was fired from a mobile launcher in the eastern Indian state of Orissa. The solid-fuel missile carries a payload of up to 33 pounds and has a range of about 5 miles and a radar guidance system. India has conducted four missile tests in the past month. The other three involved the surface-to-air Akash missile, which has a range of 16 miles. Defense Ministry officials could not be reached immediately for confirmation. Pakistan's foreign ministry had no immediate comment, but that country also tests missiles capable of reaching India. India's test was unlikely to affect the confidence-building measures under way by the nuclear-armed rivals. India's missile arsenal also includes the short-range ballistic missile Prithvi, the anti-tank Nag missile and the supersonic Brahmos missile. Indians are getting better all the time. We ought to be working with them, not at cross-purposes with them. |
| Posted by:Steve White |