India Successfully Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile

[Owais]

India Successfully Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Mon, 12 Jun 2006, 01:13



Bhubaneshwar, India: India on Sunday successfully tested a nuclear-capable missile fired from a mobile launcher in the eastern coastal state of Orissa, a defence ministry official said. The test of the Prithvi-1 (Earth) missile took place at the Chandipur-on-Sea test site, said the official, who declined to be named.

The missile has a range of 250 kilometres (190 miles) and can carry conventional or low-yield nuclear warheads.
Nuclear-capable India and Pakistan, who have fought three wars, routinely carry out missile tests and normally notify each other in advance under an agreement.
The 8.5-metre (28-foot) surface-to-surface missile, first tested in February 1988, is under trials before its induction into the army's arsenal, other defence officials said. The missile was last tested last year.
It is designed for battlefield use against troops or armoured formations. Two other variants of the Prithvi, with a strike range of between 250 and 350 kilometres, will be handed over to the navy and air force once tests are completed.

 

[Neo]

Its a routine testfiring, nothing new I guess.

 

[Kaiser]

True

Danm Im getting tired of waiting for india to test its agni 3 so pakistan can counter by testing its own new missile

 

[melb4aust]

True

Danm Im getting tired of waiting for india to test its agni 3 so pakistan can counter by testing its own new missile

Ahaaan "Tit fot tat":bat:

 

[Samudra]

The 8.5-metre (28-foot) surface-to-surface missile, first tested in February 1988, is under trials before its induction into the army's arsenal, other defence officials said

What BS!
The missile was inducted years ago!

 

[Samudra]

True

Danm Im getting tired of waiting for india to test its agni 3 so pakistan can counter by testing its own new missile

You dont want a missile that can reach Israel.

 

[A.Rahman]

You dont want a missile that can reach Israel.

I think we do have a misisle that can reach isreal

 

[Kaiser]

Pakistans shaheen 2 and Ghauri 3 can reach israel and some part of Sinai

The Shaheen 3 and Tipu sultan missile are already complete but pakistan is just waiting for india to make the first move

 

[Samudra]

I think we do have a misisle that can reach isreal

Has it been deployed?
I cant seem to find any...

The Shaheen 3 and Tipu sultan missile are already complete but pakistan is just waiting for india to make the first move

Reg.Longer ranged missiles SUPARCO would'nt be suffering today for want of a SLV if half of Pakistani claims were true.

 

[melb4aust]

You dont want a missile that can reach Israel.

Now why would that be.....

Reg.Longer ranged missiles SUPARCO would'nt be suffering today for want of a SLV if half of Pakistani claims were true.

They are not suffering from any thing, who told yeah, its called day dreaming dude.

Again China, what ever SLV they need but infact they already have started developing their own. There have been some new contracts signed by both nations lately. theyhavnt eloborate them fully yet, but one of them was to develope a SLV.

 

[melb4aust]

Reg.Longer ranged missiles SUPARCO would'nt be suffering today for want of a SLV if half of Pakistani claims were true.

Other wise whats a point of developing a ballistic missile without SLV.

 

[Samudra]

Now why would that be.....

I guess Neo has made a post somewhere stating the reasons why it would not be such a good thing to operationalize a missile that can easily reach Israel.

they havnt eloborate them fully yet, but one of them was to develope a SLV.

If you really have the technology to make such amazing missiles at such great speed then you certainly do have the technology to make a simple SLV.

However, we see that you're still trying to make a rocket that can put a thing in orbit.

 

[Kaiser]

Why do we need to target israel directly in the first place they arnt a threat but they might possibly be a future threat along with the US (very unlikely but still likely to happen)

And Pakistan is known to have the Ghauri 3 and shaheen 3 but are just waiting for india to test its missiles first as usual since pakistan will have a reason for testing its missiles

 

[Samudra]

And Pakistan is known to have the Ghauri 3 and shaheen 3 but are just waiting for india to test its missiles first as usual since pakistan will have a reason for testing its missiles

I'm still waiting for Pakistan to deploy its missiles it has already test fired.

 

[A.Rahman]

I'm still waiting for Pakistan to deploy its missiles it has already test fired.

You will hear it out of the blue, just like babur cruise missle.

Our government likes to give Indian people some physcological shock