DATE=7/7/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-235078
TITLE=INDIA MISSILE (S)
BYLINE=DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: INDIA HAS TEST-FIRED AN ANTI-TANK MISSILE AS PART OF ITS
ONGOING WEAPONS PROGRAM. NEW DELHI CORRESPONDENT DOUGLAS
BAKSHIAN REPORTS.
TEXT: THE UNITED NEWS OF INDIA NEWS AGENCY SAYS THE NAG (PRON:
NOG) MISSILE WAS LAUNCHED OFF THE COAST OF THE EASTERN STATE OF
ORISSA, WHERE INDIA DEVELOPS ITS MISSILE PROGRAM. THE NAG
(COBRA) MISSILE, IS DESCRIBED AS A HEAT-SEEKING WEAPON WITH A
RANGE OF FOUR-KILOMETERS.
COMMODORE UDAY BHASKAR, OF THE INSTITUTE OF FOR DEFENSE STUDIES
AND ANALYSIS, SAYS ANTI-TANK TECHNOLOGY IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF
MODERN WARFARE.
// BHASKAR ACT //
AS FAR AS THE MAJOR COUNTRIES ARE CONCERNED,
PARTICULARLY IN NATO AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
ANTI-TANK CAPABILITIES ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE
TECHNOLOGICALLY ENHANCED AND CREDIBLE.
// END ACT //
THIS IS THE LATEST TEST IN INDIA'S LARGER MISSILE PROGRAM. IN
MAY INDIA TESTED THE SHORT-RANGE (50-KILOMETERS) TRISHUL MISSILE.
NEW DELHI HAS ALSO DEVELOPED THE LONGER RANGE AGNI AND PRITHVI
MISSILES. (SIGNED)
NEB/DB/LTD/RAE
07-Jul-98 8:54 AM EDT (1254 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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