India's 'nuke' cruise missile test fails

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Source: Asia Times

Jan 23, 2009
India's 'nuke' cruise missile test fails
By Siddharth Srivastava

NEW DELHI - This is one missile test failure that India could have done without, given the context of aggressive India-Pakistan posturing in the wake of November's terror attack on Mumbai.

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The most recent advanced BrahMos test lends credence to the fact that South Asian neighbors India and Pakistan will look to considerably enhance and refine their military capabilities in the near future, with an arms race pretty much in the offing.

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Pakistan, with the help of China, has been inducting a stockpile of nuclear-capable Babur land-attack cruise missiles with a strike range of over 500 kilometers, which has caused obvious concern in India.

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India's attempts to procure a nuclear submarine this year received a big setback this week when Russia "indefinitely" postponed delivery of the Akula-II class Nerpa nuclear submarine, saying that its sea trials were incomplete.

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