BJP hails Agni-5 launch as proud milestone

April 19, 2012 | Filed under: National | Posted by:

New Delhi, (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday “hailed” the successful launch of the Agni-5 missile.

Party president Nitin Gadkari said in a statement that the launch had raised India to the “elite club of nations”.

He also congratulated scientists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO), calling the feat a “proud milestone in the security of the nation since India has now become a missile power”.

The long-range nuclear-capable ballistic Agni-V missile can hit targets 5,000 km away. It was launched from Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast.

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