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INDIA: Long Range Strategic Missile Agni-IV Test-Fired

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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">BALASORE
(NNN-PTI) -- India has test-fired its nuclear-capable strategic missile Agni-IV
with a strike range of about 4000 km from a test range off Odisha coast. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It
was test launched Wednesday with the help of a mobile launcher from launch
complex-4 of ITR at Wheeler Island, about 100 km from here, at about 1145
hours, defence sources said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A
high performance on-board computer with distributed avionics architecture and
high speed reliable communication bus and a full Digital Control System were
used to control and guide the missile to the target. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"It
is equipped with modern and compact avionics to provide high level of
reliability," a DRDO official said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"The
state-of-the-art Ring Laser Gyros based high accuracy INS (RINS) and Micro
Navigation System (MINGS) complementing each other in redundant mode have been
incorporated into the missile system in guidance mode," the sources said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
sophisticated missile is lighter in weight and has two stages of solid
propulsion. The payload, with a re-entry heat shield can withstand temperature
of more than 3000 degree Celsius, a defence scientist said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
missile is undergoing developmental trials by country’s premier Defence
Research and Development Organisation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
last trial of the missile, carried out on November 15, 2011 from the same base
was successful. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>--NNN-PTI<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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INDIA: Long Range Strategic Missile Agni-IV Test-Fired

BALASORE (NNN-PTI) -- India has test-fired its nuclear-capable strategic missile Agni-IV with a strike range of about 4000 km from ...

Pakistan Tests Nuclear-Capable Missile

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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Pakistan has successfully test-fired a cruise missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Pakistan's army says the missile has a range of 700 kilometers and was launched Monday from an undisclosed location.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">An army statement says the missile has stealth features and is capable of flying low to the ground.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Pakistan and its arch-rival and neighbor India, which is also nuclear armed, routinely test their missiles and generally notify each other about test dates.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The two countries have fought three wars since they gained independence from Britain in 1947.---VOA News<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

Pakistan Tests Nuclear-Capable Missile

Pakistan has successfully test-fired a cruise missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. Pakistan's army says the missile has a ra...