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India downplaying Agni-V's potential: Chinese expert

FP Archives • April 20, 2012, 11:22:59 IST
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Du Wenlong, a researcher at China’s PLA Academy of Military Sciences, said the Agni-V “actually has the potential to reach targets 8,000 kilometers away”. India, on the other hand, said that it can accurately hit targets more than 5,000 km away.

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India downplaying Agni-V's potential: Chinese expert

Beijing: Chinese experts feel that there is to more India’s successful long-range nuclear-capable missile Agni-V than what New Delhi is saying. A Chinese researcher said the missile “actually has the potential to reach targets 8,000 kilometers away”. Du Wenlong, a researcher at China’s PLA Academy of Military Sciences, told the Global Times that the Agni-V “actually has the potential to reach targets 8,000 kilometers away”. [caption id=“attachment_282182” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Chinese experts feel that there is to more India’s successful long-range nuclear-capable missile Agni-V than what New Delhi is saying. PTI”] ![](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/agniV-pti1.jpg "agniV-pti") [/caption] Du added that “the Indian government had deliberately downplayed the missile’s capability in order to avoid causing concern to other countries”. India Thursday test-fired the Agni-V missile that it said can accurately hit targets more than 5,000 km away. With this launch, India entered an exclusive club of nations that have this capability. Zhang Zhaozhong, a professor with the People’s Liberation Army National Defence University, told the Global Times that according to China’s standard, an ICBM should have a range of at least 8,000 km. “The Agni-V’s range could be further enhanced to become an Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile,” he said. IANS

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