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You mentioned a 90 day waiting period before the big funds can buy in or something like that. What does that period end?
but thanks.India Adds Firepower to a Missile Program Focused on China
India tested a missile capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads, the latest advance in its homegrown Agni-V program
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Rajesh Roy
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March 11, 2024 1:49 pm ET
NEW DELHI—India has successfully conducted the maiden flight test of an indigenously developed ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple warheads, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday, a development that enhances the country’s nuclear deterrence against rivals China and Pakistan.
The intercontinental ballistic missile called Agni-5, which in Sanskrit means “fire,” is equipped with multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles, or MIRV technology, that allows it to launch multiple attacks in one go across different locations, according to two senior serving government officials.
India has been developing and testing its Agni series of missiles for more than a decade as it looks to catch up with China’s military strength. It first tested the Agni-5 series in 2012, and since then has been adding technological advancements to it and retesting. The country has said its Agni-5 program is in line with India’s stated policy to have a credible minimum deterrence and its commitment to no first-use of nuclear weapons.
In 2019, India successfully tested a missile capable of destroying a satellite in space, technology also held by only a few powers.
The surface-to-surface Agni missile is capable of striking targets of more than 5,000 kilometers, or 3,100 miles, with a high degree of accuracy. That trails the capabilities of China’s longest-range missiles.
Still, this puts Beijing and its neighborhood within the direct target range of India’s Strategic Forces Command, the dedicated tri-services nuclear force under the direct control of the prime minister, said New Delhi-based defense analyst N.C. Bipindra.
The MIRV-capable ballistic missile can target multiple strategic sites about 1,500 kilometers, or 930 miles apart, and “that is a significant nuclear strike capability for any nation to have,” he said. He added that Agni-5 development was largely focused on China, which New Delhi now views as the most serious military threat to India.
"The media has created a false narrative that India wants to dedollarize via BRICS. This is all fake news. Except Russia and China, no one wants to dedollarize. Infact the BRICS group is not coming out with a new currency, inspite the propaganda by the media. Infact, India has been clear, there is no BRICS currency. To know the facts, search for any Indian govt official saying that there will be a BRICS currency. The only one who can destroy the $ is the USA itself.!"
wow
why is the media making this up?
is this CCP propaganda?
or from other sources other political reasons?
" What India craves is consistent pro India policy from the US. The US is not sure who they want to support, its fickle. On and off the US starts to support Pak or China to exert pressure on India, even though the US needs India to counter China in the Indo-Pacific."
if the US was consistently pro India would Modi reciprocate
I mean India is part of the BRIC nations trying to undermine the US dollar.
seems like Pakistan is a frenemy, we are trying to balance our interests with both ways.
Kind of like our relationship with Turkey .
