India’s Agni 3 Nuclear-Capable Missile Will Not be Ready for Final Tests for Another Year

Sources have said that it will take about a year before India’s nuclear-capable Agni 3 ballistic missile is ready to undergo final testing, the Times of India reported yesterday (see GSN, July 13, 2004).

The solid-fueled missile, which has a range of 3,500 kilometers, was originally expected to be flight-tested in 2003 but has suffered technical problems, according to the Times. A senior Indian researcher said, though, that the problems “were well under control and things were moving well” (Rajat Pandit, Times of India, March 3).

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