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NEWS: India Tests Missile capable of carrying NUCLEAR WARHEAD
#5840369 - 07/09/06 09:11 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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well its looking like everyone in the nuclear club is gearing up for WW3
India does have nuclear weapons BTW, as does neighboring rival Pakistan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060709/wl_sthasia_afp/indiamilitarymissile_060709182600
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India test-fired its longest-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile for the first time, but it failed to hit its target, defence officials and sources said. ADVERTISEMENT
The Agni-III missile, which defence sources say has a range of 4,000 kilometres (2,480 miles), was launched from Wheeler Island in the eastern state of Orissa, the officials said on condition of anonymity.
They said the missile developed problems after a successful take-off.
"The missile after lift-off went vertically to a distance of 12 kilometers when the second booster failed to fire, resulting in non-separation of that stage," one defence official said, asking not to be named.
"The missile crashed into the sea without hitting the target."
The Indian defence ministry, however, refused to comment on whether the missile had failed its first test.
"All I can say is that the take-off was successful. It would take us 48 hours to analyse all the data," defence ministry spokesman Sitanshu Kar told AFP.
In May Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee had said the Agni-III, India's longest-range ballistic missile, was ready but that the country was observing "self-imposed restraint" before testing.
Opposition parties criticised the announcement, saying testing was being delayed because of pressure from the United States. New Delhi and Washington reached a landmark deal in March that will see sanctions lifted on India's access to civilian nuclear technology.
Sunday's test launch comes just four days after North Korea sparked an international outcry by test-firing seven missiles.
A highly-placed Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) source earlier Sunday said the Indian test was "successful".
He said scientists had detected a snag in the booster rocket system of the Agni-III two weeks ago and had delayed its test. "Now we have papered over the problem and hence the launch window was chosen as Sunday," he said.
The Agni (Fire) is one of five missiles being developed by the DRDO under its Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme launched in 1983. The others are the Prithvi, the surface-to-air Trishul (Trident), multi-purpose Akash (Sky), and the anti-tank Nag (Cobra).
Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan, who have fought three wars since independence in 1947, routinely notify each other of missile tests.
"We were informed about it," said Pakistani foreign ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam in Islamabad.
"It is a ballistic missile test and we have agreement on pre-notification of ballistic missile tests," she said. "We have no other reaction."
The two countries came to the brink of a fourth war in the summer of 2002 following a December 2001 attack on India's parliament by suspected Pakistan-backed militants. Islamabad denied any role in the attack.
But in January 2004 they began a peace process that has led to a ceasefire in the divided Himalayan state of Kashmir, the cause of two of the wars.
In May 1998 India conducted five nuclear tests, citing China as a security threat. The tests were matched two weeks later by Pakistan which India says has received Chinese assistance for its nuclear programme, a claim denied by Beijing.
But tensions between China and India have lessened in the past two years. There have been direct military talks and the reopening last week of a famed Silk Road pass in the Himalayas, the first direct border trade between the Asian giants since a frontier war 44 years ago.
C. Uday Bhaskar, deputy head of the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses, said India's nuclear and missile programmes should not be seen as country-specific.
"Countries acquire strategic capabilities that are generic in nature. Our programme is not predicated on a single point threat. It is always in relation to the international strategic environment," Bhaskar said.
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Re: NEWS: India Tests Missile capable of carrying NUCLEAR WARHEAD [Re: ZippoZ]
#5840388 - 07/09/06 09:19 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Re: NEWS: India Tests Missile capable of carrying NUCLEAR WARHEAD [Re: ZippoZ]
#5840390 - 07/09/06 09:20 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Excellent news. Destruction is close at hand. Muahahahahah!
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Re: NEWS: India Tests Missile capable of carrying NUCLEAR WARHEAD [Re: ZippoZ]
#5840556 - 07/09/06 10:00 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I just don't think this is that big of a deal. India didn't develop this weapon for use against Pakistan, it already has PLENTY of missiles capable of reaching every corner of Pakistan.
This is a weapon capable of hurting China, and it's understandable that they'd want to show it off, given that the whole world knows China has been spending oodles of money expanding and modernizing its military in the past 5 years or so.
I believe that India is a genuinely peacful country, and it's a stable democracy at that. If anything, this should comfort Americans because it means someone else in world is willing to go-to-bat with China is it gets out of hand.
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Re: NEWS: India Tests Missile capable of carrying NUCLEAR WARHEAD [Re: ZippoZ]
#5840630 - 07/09/06 10:16 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Korea isnt going to do shit what they are doing the equivilant of military masturbation.If anything it exposes the Iraq war for what is really is. The WMD's are litterally falling from the sky and they still wont do any thing.
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Re: NEWS: India Tests Missile capable of carrying NUCLEAR WARHEAD [Re: ZippoZ]
#5840633 - 07/09/06 10:16 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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MAD
Enough said.
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Re: NEWS: India Tests Missile capable of carrying NUCLEAR WARHEAD [Re: Economist]
#5840634 - 07/09/06 10:16 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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if im not mistaken, the world is in war games right now. i dont see a difference between this and nuke cubs off the coast of hawaii.
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Re: NEWS: India Tests Missile capable of carrying NUCLEAR WARHEAD [Re: ZippoZ]
#5840718 - 07/09/06 10:40 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I dont want to hear it, I am too busy keeping enough money to live from day to day. The world has enough weapons to blow itself up 3 times.. old news, post some positive news, fuck the negative!!!
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Re: NEWS: India Tests Missile capable of carrying NUCLEAR WARHEAD [Re: ZippoZ]
#5841363 - 07/10/06 03:37 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Re: NEWS: India Tests Missile capable of carrying NUCLEAR WARHEAD [Re: ZippoZ]
#5841383 - 07/10/06 03:54 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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zippoz said: well its looking like everyone in the nuclear club is gearing up for WW3
India does have nuclear weapons BTW, as does neighboring rival Pakistan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060709/wl_sthasia_afp/indiamilitarymissile_060709182600
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India test-fired its longest-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile for the first time, but it failed to hit its target, defence officials and sources said. ADVERTISEMENT
The Agni-III missile, which defence sources say has a range of 4,000 kilometres (2,480 miles), was launched from Wheeler Island in the eastern state of Orissa, the officials said on condition of anonymity.
They said the missile developed problems after a successful take-off.
"The missile after lift-off went vertically to a distance of 12 kilometers when the second booster failed to fire, resulting in non-separation of that stage," one defence official said, asking not to be named.
"The missile crashed into the sea without hitting the target."
The Indian defence ministry, however, refused to comment on whether the missile had failed its first test.
"All I can say is that the take-off was successful. It would take us 48 hours to analyse all the data," defence ministry spokesman Sitanshu Kar told AFP.
In May Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee had said the Agni-III, India's longest-range ballistic missile, was ready but that the country was observing "self-imposed restraint" before testing.
Opposition parties criticised the announcement, saying testing was being delayed because of pressure from the United States. New Delhi and Washington reached a landmark deal in March that will see sanctions lifted on India's access to civilian nuclear technology.
Sunday's test launch comes just four days after North Korea sparked an international outcry by test-firing seven missiles.
A highly-placed Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) source earlier Sunday said the Indian test was "successful".
He said scientists had detected a snag in the booster rocket system of the Agni-III two weeks ago and had delayed its test. "Now we have papered over the problem and hence the launch window was chosen as Sunday," he said.
The Agni (Fire) is one of five missiles being developed by the DRDO under its Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme launched in 1983. The others are the Prithvi, the surface-to-air Trishul (Trident), multi-purpose Akash (Sky), and the anti-tank Nag (Cobra).
Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan, who have fought three wars since independence in 1947, routinely notify each other of missile tests.
"We were informed about it," said Pakistani foreign ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam in Islamabad.
"It is a ballistic missile test and we have agreement on pre-notification of ballistic missile tests," she said. "We have no other reaction."
The two countries came to the brink of a fourth war in the summer of 2002 following a December 2001 attack on India's parliament by suspected Pakistan-backed militants. Islamabad denied any role in the attack.
But in January 2004 they began a peace process that has led to a ceasefire in the divided Himalayan state of Kashmir, the cause of two of the wars.
In May 1998 India conducted five nuclear tests, citing China as a security threat. The tests were matched two weeks later by Pakistan which India says has received Chinese assistance for its nuclear programme, a claim denied by Beijing.
But tensions between China and India have lessened in the past two years. There have been direct military talks and the reopening last week of a famed Silk Road pass in the Himalayas, the first direct border trade between the Asian giants since a frontier war 44 years ago.
C. Uday Bhaskar, deputy head of the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses, said India's nuclear and missile programmes should not be seen as country-specific.
"Countries acquire strategic capabilities that are generic in nature. Our programme is not predicated on a single point threat. It is always in relation to the international strategic environment," Bhaskar said.
zippoz, you are going to get me another official automated PM warning if you keep posting this stuff. Actually, I think I'm up to bannage level now. It's not necessarily your info; it's the commentary that's facile.
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Re: NEWS: India Tests Missile capable of carrying NUCLEAR WARHEAD [Re: ZippoZ]
#5841396 - 07/10/06 04:19 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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WE?RE ALL DOOOMED
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