- NEW DELHI (AFP) - India test
fired its Akash surface-to-air missile, just hours after Pakistan tested
a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead
deep into Indian territory, the defence ministry said.
-
- The msile test was "successful" and was conducted
at 4:30 pm (1100 GMT) from a remote testing range on the country's east
coast.
-
- "It was a routine test. User trials have been taking
place," defence ministry spokesman P.K. Bandopadhyay told AFP on Friday.
-
- Islamabad had earlier Friday announced it had test fired
its home-grown Hatf-IV or Shaheen missile, with a range of up to 800 kilometres
(500 miles).
-
- Friday's tests comes amid a resurgence in tensions between
the South Asian arch-rivals over a spate of killings blamed on Pakistani-based
militants during elections in the Indian-run half of Kashmir.
-
- Copyright © 2001 AFP
|
