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India test-fired its second-longest-range missile today, a defense official said, two days after Pakistan announced its own missile test.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The two-stage Agni-IV blasted off from the eastern state of Orissa in the third test for the missile, which was first launched in 2010<\/strong> in a flight marred by technical problems. Its second test last November was declared a success.<\/p>\n

Pakistan, which has fought three wars with arch-rival India since their 1947 independence, test-fired a nuclear-capable cruise missile on Monday with “stealth features”.<\/p>\n

DRDO spokesman Gupta insisted India’s test was not “country-specific”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

India unveiled its 5,000-kilometre range Agni-V in April, which was seen as a massive boost to its regional power aspirations and one that narrows — albeit slightly — the huge gap with China’s missile systems.<\/p>\n

The Agni-V left India knocking at the door of a select club of nations with inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), which have a minimum range of 5,500 kilometers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Currently, only the five permanent members of the UN Security Council — Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States — possess a declared ICBM capability.<\/p>\n

China and India fought a brief but bloody war in 1962 over a border dispute<\/strong> that remains unresolved despite several rounds of talks between Asia’s two most powerful military nations.<\/p>\n

Agni, which means “fire” in Sanskrit<\/strong>, is the name given to a series of rockets the DRDO developed as part of its ambitious integrated category_ided missile development project launched in 1983.<\/p>\n

While the shorter-range Agnis I and II were mainly developed with traditional rival Pakistan in mind, later versions with longer range reflect the shift in India’s focus towards China.<\/p>\n

Source AP<\/em>
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