India tests missiles with nuclear warheads

Yesterday, India announced a successful test of a mid-range nuclear warhead, just three days after Pakistan tried the missile.

An unnamed Indian official said the Prithvi missile with a range of about 300km was fired into the Bay of Bengal from the firing range in Chandipur, Orissa state in the east.

Thus the new arms race took place shortly after the two countries had just concluded a peace talks to resolve disagreements between the two sides, including territorial disputes in Kashmir.

India's Press Trust reported on the same day that the trial was a regular activity in its military program, while Pakistan's Foreign Ministry representative, Tasnim Aslam, also acknowledged that India was informed. warn them about the time of the test.

Earlier, on Saturday, Chandipur provincial leader evacuated more than 2,750 residents around the school and shot to two large shelters more than a mile away.

Prithvi rocket in a parade in India (Photo: TTO)

THANH TUAN