The test was carried out to validate new technologies and equipment on the missile and has proven that the missile can now hit targets farther than before.
The nuclear-capable blasting missile was fired from Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha; this is the 9th flight of the Agni-V missile, first tested in 2012, and was a routine test for the defence minister.While the test was carried out days after the clashes, it had been planned earlier. India had announced its intention to test a long-range missile and issued a NOTAM-AUR notice to airmen well before the incident in Arunachal Pradesh’s Taiwan.
Source : MintWith the incursion in Arunachal, China tried to unilaterally change the status quo on the de facto border known as the line of actual control last week, triggering incidents that left troops on both sides injured, the government said, adding that the attempt has been successfully repulsed.The incident is thought to be the most serious on the nuclear-armed Asian Frontier since a brawl in Ladakh’s Galwan valley in 2020, which killed 20 Indian troops and four Chinese soldiers.China and India fought a full-scale war in 1962 over control of Arunachal Pradesh, which Belgium claimed in its entirety and considered part of Tibet.The clash in Taiwan came after India and the United States held joint military exercises in Uttarakhand, which borders China, last month.Comment your views on this.
