DATE=4/16/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-248196
TITLE=INDIA MISSILE (S ONLY)
BYLINE=JIM TEEPLE
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: INDIA ON FRIDAY SUCCESSFULLY TESTED A SHORT-RANGE
MISSILE. VOA'S JIM TEEPLE REPORTS FROM OUR NEW DELHI BUREAU
FRIDAY'S ACTION IS JUST THE LATEST MISSILE TEST THIS WEEK IN
SOUTH ASIA.
TEXT: ACCORDING TO NEWS REPORTS SCIENTISTS CONDUCTED TWO TESTS
OF THE TRISHUL MISSILE FROM A RANGE IN THE EASTERN STATE OF
ORRISSA. REPORTS SAY BOTH MISSILES HIT THEIR TARGETS. THE
TRISHUL MISSILE HAS A RANGE OF ABOUT 50-KILOMETERS AND CAN CARRY
A SMALL WARHEAD. THERE ARE REPORTEDLY THREE VERSIONS OF THE
MISSILE UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
ON SUNDAY INDIA TESTED AN UPGRADED VERSION OF ITS AGNI BALLISTIC
MISSILE, WHICH HAS A RANGE OF ABOUT TWO-THOUSAND-FIVE HUNDRED
KILOMETERS. IT WAS THE FIRST TEST FIRING OF THE AGNI IN FIVE
YEARS.
FOLLOWING INDIA'S TEST, PAKISTAN ON WEDNESDAY TEST-FIRED AN
UPGRADED VERSION OF ITS GHAURI BALLISTIC MISSILE. ON THURSDAY
PAKISTAN TEST-FIRED ITS SHORTER-RANGE SHAHEEN MISSILE. BOTH
COUNTRIES SAY THEY GAVE EACH OTHER PRIOR NOTIFICATION OF THE
MISSILE TESTS THIS WEEK. LAST YEAR INDIA AND PAKISTAN CONDUCTED
UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TESTS. (SIGNED)
NEB/JLT/ENE/KL
16-Apr-99 10:42 AM EDT (1442 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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