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India Tests Prithvi-II Missile For The Second Time In Less Than A Month; Tenth Missile Test In 40 Days
File photo of a Prithvi-II missile being test fired. (Photo: DRDO)
Earlier today, India test-fired its 350-kilometre range Prithvi-II nuclear-capable missile for the second time in less than a month.
The test was conducted by the Strategic Forces Command, part of India’s Nuclear Command Authority, and has been reported successful.
The missile was first test-fired in 1996 and has been inducted into service.
The missiles tested by India over the last 40 days include an extended range version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, a new anti-submarine weapon system called Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo or SMART, a 250-km range New Generation Anti-Radiation Missile to hit enemy radars.
These tests have been conducted amid worsening tensions in Ladakh.
After seven rounds of talks between the Indian and Chinese militaries, the two countries are still far from resolving the conflict.
India has refused to stop the construction of roads in the border areas saying all the infrastructure coming up in the region is being built in Indian territory. The Army has refused to move back from the area it took control of in August till China restores status quo ante on the northern bank of the Pangong Lake.
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