India may join a select club of countries that possess or are about to possess an Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) as hectic preparations are on for the launch of Agni-V missile from the Whe

India looks all set to join a select club of countries that possess or are about to possess an Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) as hectic preparations are on for the launch of Agni-V missile

Range preparation for the maiden test of India's indigenously developed nuclear capable 'Agni-V' ballistic missile with a strike range of over 5,000 km is 'near complete' and the trial is likely to be

North Korea has been developing a new long-range ballistic missile in a separate programme from the one that led to a failed rocket launch this week, a South Korean TV station reported on Saturday.

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A top North Korean defector on Thursday said he had obtained the last will and testament of Kim Jong-Il, in which the late leader purportedly urges his nation to develop weapons of mass destruction.

North Korea said on Wednesday it was injecting fuel into a long-range rocket 'as we speak' ahead of a launch condemned by its neighbors and the West.

The launch is set to take place between Thursday

The US Department of Defence has urged North Korea not to go ahead with its plans to launch a satellite.

"The North Koreans will be violating Security Council resolutions if they move ahead with such

North Korea test-fired two short-range missiles off its west coast this week amid international alarm at its planned long-range rocket launch, South Korean newspapers said on Friday.

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The aircraft version of supersonic BrahMos missile would be launched by December this year, a top official of the BrahMos Aerospace, an Indo-Russian joint venture company, said on Saturday.

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North Korea test-fired three short-range missiles into the sea between Japan and the Korean peninsula this week, a report said on Friday.

The hermit state lobbed the missiles into the Sea of Japan (E