After a delayed launch of Agni 5 which was expected to travel 5,000 km
to accurately strike a target in the southern Indian Ocean and it did satisfy
the expectation. India now joined an exclusive group of nations, including US, China,
Britain, France, Russia and Israel with long range weapon capability.
According to David Sanger, chief
Washington correspondent for the New York Times, India's missile launch does
not come as a surprise.
"The Chinese have seen this coming,"
Sanger said. "To India, China is the big worry, and a huge border. So they
want it clear to the Chinese that they can reach all of their major population
centres."
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