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India test-fired two missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads within five minutes from a site in the Bay of Bengal off the country’s east coast, the Press Trust of India reported, citing defense officials it did not name.


The locally made Prithvi-II surface-to-surface missiles, with a range of up to 350 kilometers (217 miles), were fired at 10.28 a.m. and 10.33 a.m. local time today as part of user trials by the army, the news agency said.


India and Pakistan have been testing a series of missiles since 2002, when the two countries came close to a fourth war. The peace process they began in 2003 was stalled by a militant attack on India’s commercial capital, Mumbai, last November.


Bloomberg