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India tests ballistic missile capable of reaching China: official
BHUBANESWAR, India (AFP) - - India's military on Wednesday tested a medium-range nuclear-capable missile which can hit targets inside China, its third such test in two years, defence research officials said.
The Agni-III missile, India's longest-range ballistic missile, was fired from a testing site on Wheeler Island, 180 kilometres (110 miles) northeast of Orissa state capital Bhubaneswar.
"Today's test was a confidence-building exercise meant to fine-tune the missile," a defence official said, asking not to be identified.
The missile, which has a 3,000-kilometre (1,860-mile) range and can carry nuclear or conventional warheads, was first tested in 2006.
But the trial of the Agni was a flop when the missile travelled 12 kilometres (7.4 miles) and crashed into the sea without hitting its target. The failure was blamed on a snag with its strapped-on solid fuel booster rocket.
India successfully tested the 1.8 metre-diameter (six-foot) missile in April 2007.
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