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May 14, 2012

India Adds Teeth to Nuclear Arsenal

Harsh Pant, Japan Times

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There was a sense of deja vu when, days after India successfully testfired its nuclear- capable, 5,000-km-range Agni-V ballistic missile, Pakistan responded by testfiring an "improved version" of its nuclear-capable Hatf-4 intermediate range ballistic missile.

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TAGGED: Asia, China, India, Nuclear Weapons

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