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India’s nuclear capable missile test falls into the sea

Agni-II Prime’s launch fails, into sea in seconds, Indian Express, Debrabata Mohanty, 11 Dec 10, The maiden test launch of Agni-II Prime, a nuclear-capable surface-to-surface missile with a strike range of 2,500 km to 3,000 km, ended in a failure after the missile dropped into the sea a few seconds after launch from Wheeler Island, off the Orissa coast, on Friday…….Sources in the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said soon after the missile took off at 10. 02 am from a mobile launcher of Integrated Test Range at Wheeler Islands, it dropped into the sea. “Experimental launch of Agni-2-P Missile experienced a trajectory deviation. A detailed analysis was in progress to find out the exact cause for the failure and it might take at least two to three days to make a preliminary assessment,” said a DRDO official.…Agni-II Prime’s launch fails, into sea in seconds

December 11, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, weapons and war