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India test-fires nuclear-capable Agni-I missile

India on Thursday test-fired an upgraded version of the nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile Agni-I from a defence base off the east coast.
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India has successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Agni-1 surface-to-surface missile from Wheelers' Island, on the Orissa coast, in the Bay of Bengal, at 10:15 local time today.
According to Indian defence sources, the 15 metre tall missile, weighing about 12 tonnes, has a range of 700-800 km and was launched from a mobile launcher, positioned at launch complex no 4 of the Integrated Test Range.
The Agni-1 missile is capable of carrying a 1000 kg warhead.

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Hours before nuclear-capable Agni-1 was test-fired, police and forest officials seized a trawler and detained its 25-member crew of Myanmarese and Thai nationals for fishing illegally near the missile test range on Wheeler's Island off the Orissa coast.

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The short-range Agni-I ballistic missile was successfully test-fired from the Chandipur-at-Sea test range near Balasore, off the Orissa coast, on Friday morning.
This was the fourth test of the nuclear-capable Agni-I missile, which has a strike range of 700 km. Capable of being fired from both road and rail mobile launchers, Agni-I is a missile meant specifically for Pakistan.

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New launch test of Indian nuclear capable missile successful.
India carried out on Friday a successful test launch of a Agni-I ballistic missile with nuclear capability.
The Agni-I missile has a range of 700 kilometres was launched from Wheeler island, to a target area 180 km in the North-East of Bhubaneswar, the capital of the State of Orissa.
India and Pakistan frequently carry out such tests.