Indian test-fire of medium-range missile fails

By: Our Staff Reporter | November 24, 2009, 2:32 pm |
India's first nighttime test of a medium-range missile was a failure, missing its target, a defense ministry official said Tuesday. India test fired the surface-to-surface "Agni-II" (Fire) missile from Wheelers Island in the eastern state of Orissa on Monday. "It couldn't hit the target," the official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity in line with ministry rules. "The liftoff was smooth, even the first stage of separation was smooth. But there was some problem during the second stage of separation and it deviated from its coordinated path," the official said.

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