India’s Missile Test Not Meant as a Warning Shot to Beijing, Experts Say

Army soldiers in a Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launcher march past during a ceremony to celebrate India's 73rd Army Day in New Delhi on January 15, 2021. (Photo by Prakash SINGH / AFP) Photo by PRAKASH SINGH/AFP via Getty Images

India’s recent testing of a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile came on the heels of failed military and diplomatic talks between India and China, as well as reports of a hypersonic missile test by the Chinese regime.

But experts told The Epoch Times that India’s test-fire was not a retaliatory response to the regime’s recent actions.

Agni-5 Capabilities

Animesh Roul, executive director of the New Delhi-based Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict, said this was not the first time India test-fired an Agni-5 surface-to-surface ballistic missile. In 2012, 2013, and 2018, the Agni-5 was tested several times.