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India Successfully Tests New Long-Range Missile

by VOA News

   India says it has successfully test-fired its most advanced long-range
   intercontinental ballistic missile.

   The defense ministry announced in a tweet Thursday that its Agni-V ICBM
   was launched from Abdul Kalam island, off the coast of the eastern
   state of Odisha.

   The Hindu Business Line newspaper said the three-stage missile,
   launched from a mobile launcher, traveled nearly 5,000 kilometers and
   flew for nearly 20 minutes.

   This is the fifth test of the Agni-V since it was introduced in 2012,
   the latest conducted just last month.