Chinese experts says, Agni-V can hit up to 8,000 km

BEIJING: Chinese experts
feel that there is a lot more
to India’s successful longrange
nuclear-capable missile
Agni-V than what New
Delhi is saying.
A Chinese researcher said
the missile “actually has the
potential to reach targets
8,000 kilometers away”.
Du Wenlong, a researcher
at China’s PLA Academy of
Military Sciences, told the
Global Times that the Agni-
V “actually has the potential
to reach targets 8,000 kilometers
away”.
Du added that “the Indian
government had deliberately
downplayed the missile’s
capability in order to avoid
causing concern to other
countries”. India Thursday
test-fi red the Agni-V missile
that it said can accurately
hit targets more than 5,000
km away. With this launch,
India entered an exclusive
club of nations that have this
capability.
Zhang Zhaozhong, a
professor with the People’s
Liberation Army National
Defense University, told the
Global Times that according
to China’s standard, an
ICBM should have a range
of at least 8,000 km.
“The Agni-V’s range
could be further enhanced to
become an Inter-Continental
Ballistic Missile,” he said.