India Agni-V Missile

It always strikes me odd that the leader of the non-aligned nations needs nuclear weapons. Not only nukes but missile delivery systems for their nukes.

India tests missile capable of reaching Beijing

NEW DELHI — India successfully test-launched a long-range missile on Thursday that would give it the capability for the first time of sending a nuclear warhead as far as China’s capital, Beijing, officials said.



Officials and defense experts said the Agni-V missile marks a significant improvement in India’s nuclear-deterrent capability and was clearly aimed at bolstering its defense against neighboring China.

They arn't making any bones about it.

The new Agni, which is the Sanskrit word for fire, is seen as part of this military buildup. Although China’s nuclear-missile capability is far greater than India’s, experts said the new missile would help redress the imbalance.



“If you are in a hostile environment, power respects power,” Bhaskar said.

But China reacted frostily, with the Global Times newspaper warning that India was being swept up by “missile delusion” and recalling that it has not signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

The Washington Post

Seems the Chinese are a little miffed.