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India Successfully Tests Nuclear-Capable Missile

India has successfully launched a long-range missile able to carry a nuclear warhead; it gives the country, for the first time, the capability of striking the major Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai.

(BBC NEWS) New Delhi – The Agni-V missile was launched from a site off India’s east coast and took 20 minutes to hit its target somewhere near Indonesia in the Indian Ocean.

The missile has a range of more than 5,000km (3,100 miles), potentially bringing targets in China within range.

It is still unclear if it reached the 5,000km range India was hoping for.

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