Asia-Pacific

India tests nuclear capable surface-to-surface missile

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-11-25 16:04

NEW DELHI - India Thursday tested a nuclear capable surface-to-surface Agni I missile from a test range in Orissa, eastern India, reported the Indo-Asian News Service.

The news service quoted defense sources as saying the missile can strike a target 700 km and was tested as part of user-trials from a facility on Wheeler Island in the district of Bhadrak, about 200 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar.