DATE=7/7/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-235078
TITLE=INDIA MISSILE (S)
BYLINE=DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  INDIA HAS TEST-FIRED AN ANTI-TANK MISSILE AS PART OF ITS 
ONGOING WEAPONS PROGRAM.  NEW DELHI CORRESPONDENT DOUGLAS 
BAKSHIAN REPORTS.

TEXT:  THE UNITED NEWS OF INDIA NEWS AGENCY SAYS THE NAG (PRON: 
NOG) MISSILE WAS LAUNCHED OFF THE COAST OF THE EASTERN STATE OF 
ORISSA, WHERE INDIA DEVELOPS ITS MISSILE PROGRAM.  THE NAG 
(COBRA) MISSILE, IS DESCRIBED AS A HEAT-SEEKING WEAPON WITH A 
RANGE OF FOUR-KILOMETERS.

COMMODORE UDAY BHASKAR, OF THE INSTITUTE OF FOR DEFENSE STUDIES 
AND ANALYSIS, SAYS ANTI-TANK TECHNOLOGY IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF 
MODERN WARFARE.

                       //  BHASKAR ACT //

         AS FAR AS THE MAJOR COUNTRIES ARE CONCERNED, 
         PARTICULARLY IN NATO AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
         ANTI-TANK CAPABILITIES ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE 
         TECHNOLOGICALLY ENHANCED AND CREDIBLE.

                         //  END ACT //

THIS IS THE LATEST TEST IN INDIA'S LARGER MISSILE PROGRAM.  IN 
MAY INDIA TESTED THE SHORT-RANGE (50-KILOMETERS) TRISHUL MISSILE.
NEW DELHI HAS ALSO DEVELOPED THE LONGER RANGE AGNI AND PRITHVI 
MISSILES.   (SIGNED)

NEB/DB/LTD/RAE

07-Jul-98 8:54 AM EDT (1254 UTC)
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