25 May 2012

News Story: (India) "Capable of making missiles with 8,000 km range"

Agni V

BANGALORE (PTI): India is capable of developing missiles that can hit targets located at more than 8,000 km away, a top official has said.

"We will develop it as and when we see a need to develop a missile longer in range than Agni-V. We have the capability to do it," Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister V K Saraswat told reporters here on Wednesday.

Since DRDO had already crossed the 'threshold' of making a system with longer capability and developing its sub-systems, making a longer version of Agni-V would be easier, Saraswat, also the Director General of Defence Research Organisation, said.

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