India Tests Nuclear-Capable Agni Ballistic Missile

India successfully tested a short-range variant of its Agni nuclear-capable ballistic missile Sunday, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, July 2).

The solid-fuel missile, with a maximum range of 700 kilometers, was tested from a mobile launcher at Wheeler Island off India’s eastern coast. Senior Indian officials, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, reportedly praised defense scientists for the test.

Pakistani officials did not criticize the test.

“We reserve the sovereign right to improve our defense capability and [the] same right [should] be granted to other countries,” said Mushahid Hussain, chairman of Pakistan’s senate foreign relations committee (Pratap Mohanty, Agence France-Presse/Yahoo!News, July 5).

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