India Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile That Can Reach Anywhere in China

File image of India's Agni-5 nuclear-capable ballistic missile. (Photo by RAVEENDRAN / AFP)

India said Wednesday it had successfully test-fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile which, when operational, should be capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to any part of China.

The Agni-5 missile was successfully launched in India’s eastern Odisha state, with authorities saying it “validated all operational and technical parameters.”

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