India to get two more missile test facilities

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IANS New Delhi
Last Updated : Jul 25 2014 | 2:56 PM IST

India will set up two more missile test range facilities, one each in Andhra Pradesh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, parliament was informed Friday.

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley told the Lok Sabha that there was no proposal to set up a Missile Launcher Project in the newly formed state of Telangana.

But the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) had identified Rutland Island in Andaman and Nagayalanka in Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh for setting up missile test range facilities.

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First Published: Jul 25 2014 | 2:46 PM IST

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