[Myanmar] India Tests Nuke-Capable Missile Able To Hit China

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India announced on Thursday the successful test launch of a new nuclear-capable missile that would give it, for the first time, the capability of striking the major Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai.The government has hailed the Agni-V missile, with a range of 5,000 km, as a major boost to its efforts to counter China’s regional dominance and become an Asian power in its own right. “India has emerged from this launch as a major missile power,†said the head of India’s Defense Research and Development Organization, Vijay Saraswat.―AP

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