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India successfully conducts first test flight of missile, Indian PM says

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  • India has conducted its first test flight of a domestically developed missile capable of carrying multiple warheads.
  • The missile is equipped with multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles.
  • Since the 1990s, India has been developing medium- and long-range missile systems amid increasing strategic competition with China.

India has successfully conducted its first test flight of a domestically developed missile that can carry multiple warheads, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday.

The missile is equipped with multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles, Modi said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

India has been developing its medium- and long-range missile systems since the 1990s as its strategic competition with China grows.

INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRES INTERCONTINENTAL, NUCLEAR-CAPABLE BALLISTIC MISSILE

In 2021, India successfully tested Agni-5, a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 3,125 miles that is believed to be capable of targeting nearly all of China.

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The long range ballistic Agni-V missile is displayed during a parade in New Delhi, India. India has successfully conducted its first test flight of a domestically developed missile that can carry multiple warheads, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Agni missiles are long-range surface-to-surface ballistic missiles.

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India is also able to strike anywhere in neighboring Pakistan, its archrival with which it has fought three wars since they gained independence from British colonialists in 1947.



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