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India developing ICBMs 8212; Defense Week
WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 15: India is developing an intercontinental ballistic missile ICBM with a range of more than 5,000 km, Defense Week...
WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 15: India is developing an intercontinental ballistic missile ICBM with a range of more than 5,000 km, Defense Week reports.
Named Surya8217;, the missile will be able to carry nuclear warheads up to 2,000 km, it said yesterday.
quot;Some 50 million is being spent to develop the missile, which is expected to be fielded by mid-2001,quot; the weekly said.
The development of a wide range of modern missiles capable of delivering nuclear warheads is set forth in a May 1999 plan, it said.
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