India Launches!

"NEW DELHI, July 9 - India test-fired its longest-range
nuclear-capable missile on Sunday for the first time, government
officials said."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/10/wo...rtner=homepage

So why isn't everybody jumping up and down about that?

Kim Jung Il is probably asking, "Aren't we just as sovereign a nation
as India?"

Double-A

Double-A wrote:
"NEW DELHI, July 9 - India test-fired its longest-range
nuclear-capable missile on Sunday for the first time, government
officials said."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/10/wo...rtner=homepage

So why isn't everybody jumping up and down about that?

Kim Jung Il is probably asking, "Aren't we just as sovereign a nation
as India?"

Double-A
"...Officials denied the loss was a setback, describing it instead as a
"disappointment", and maintaining that the launch rocket was well
proven, following three successful launches.

The "disappointment" in fact follows 12 successful launches. But it
also comes just days after a test fire of the Agni-III, a
nuclear-capable ballistic missile, ended in failure. The
surface-to-surface missile has a maximum range of around 3,000km, which
means if the teething problems are resolved, it puts targets in China
well within range.

As well as being a demonstration of its commercial capabilities, the
launch was supposed to be a proving ground for India's lunar ambitions.
The ISRO is working with NASA to get ready for an unmanned visit to the
moon in 2008. "

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07...nch_explosion/