India test-fires nuke-capable missile
India yesterday tested a short-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead off its eastern coast, defence sources said.
The Indian-made Dhanus (Bow), with a strike range of 250 kilometers (156 miles) was test-fired from naval ship INS Subhadra at around 12:20 pm (0650 GMT) in the Bay of Bengal off the state of Orissa, the sources said.
The Indian defence sources said the Dhanus is a naval variant of India's surface-to-surface Prithvi (earth) II missile.
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