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India to test longer range ballistic missile in 2007
NEW DELHI - India’s longest-range ballistic missile, which proved to be a dud after a test-flight in July, will be re-tested next year, the country’s chief military scientist announced on Thursday. M. Natarajan, head of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), said the 3,500-kilometre range (2,710-mile) Agni-III (Fire) missile would not be scrapped because of the flop.
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“We are going ahead. We will conduct the re-trial of Agni-III next year,” Natarajan told reporters in the southern Indian city of Chennai. “There is no question of dropping the project,” he said of the missile which can be tipped with a one-tonne nuclear warhead and aims to become the most lethal guided weapon system in India’s arsenal.

An Agni-III prototype blasted off July 9 and after travelling vertically 12 kilometres (7.4 miles), veered off course and crashed into the sea without hitting its designated target. The failure was attributed to a snag in a strapped-on solid fuel booster rocket. Natarajan said DRDO scientists were working to remove the glitches.

“We will transfer technology to units which are manufacturing components of the missile,” he said, adding a new alloy being used in its casing would increase the missile’s range further.
Posted by: Steve White 2006-11-10
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