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By Samudranil Mukherjee
Saturday, March 27, 2010 (18:55:23)
Tags : India, Missiles, Nuclear Warheads, Bay of Bengal

India test fires missiles with nuclear capabilities

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New Delhi: As per media sources India has test fired a couple of missiles that are capable of ferrying nuclear warheads. The test fires were done from a couple of separate locations at the Bay of Bengal, which is on the eastern coast of India.

The missiles named Dhanush and Prithvi-II have been tested successfully. This has been confirmed by S.P. Dash who is the director with the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Orissa.

The Prithvi-II can cover a distance of 295 kilometers whereas in case of Dhanush the distance is 350 kilometers. (IANS)
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