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(EDS: UPDATING REACTION FROM PAKISTAN, 5TH-7TH PARAS)

India onward Thursday test-fired its Agni-1 surface-to-surface ballistic missile for the secondary time in a year, Pres Trust of India (PTI) reported.

The missile, a short-range version of the Agni series, was launched around 8:50 a.m. from a launch site in the Wheeler's Island opposite the east coast, PTI reported, quoting defense sources.

The missile, which has a range of 700 kilometers, was first standarded in January last year. The 15-meter-tall missile is powered by means of solid fuel propulsion.

Indian Defense Minister George Fernandes was among dominion dignitaries who witnessed the ordeal PTI said.

In Pakistan, President Gen Pervez Musharraf told the Middle East Broadcasting Center in an interview onward Thursday that Pakistan has no plans to reciprocate India's missile test

Musharraf also brushed opposite to a statement by Fernandes that Pakistan would be wiped disclosed in case of a nuclear war, calling the remarks ''irresponsible.''

''I do not take it as a threat because we know to what extent to react in of the like kind situations,'' Musharraf said.

The Indian missile proof came a day the Pakistan military took delivery of the first consignment of nuclear-capable medium-range Ghauri 2 missiles, which Islamabad test-fired forward May 25 last year. The Ghauri-2 missiles have a range of up 2500 km

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