印度表示成功试射了一枚可携带核弹头的短程导弹。印度试验场主任说，“大地─2”型导弹星期一在印度东部的奥里萨邦地区试射。“大地”导弹由印度制造，已经有过多年试射。印度和巴基斯坦经常试射导弹，大多意在双方发生冲突时使用。自从1947年脱离英国统治独立以来，两国已经打了三场战争，两国在喜马拉雅地区的克什米尔仍然存有争议。
India says it has successfully tested a short-range nuclear-capable missile.The Indian test range director ((S. P. Dash)) says the trial of the Prithvi 2 missile was conducted Monday in the eastern state of Orissa. The Prithvi is domestically built and has been tested for several years. India and Pakistan regularly test missiles, mostly meant for any confrontation with each other. They have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947, and the Himalayan region of Kashmir remains in dispute.