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Sightline Media Group, which owns Defense News, has not seen any evidence to substantiate these charges and repudiates attacks on press freedom.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEW DELHI \u2014 India has successfully conducted its first test flight of a domestically developed missile that can carry multiple warheads, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The missile is equipped with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles, Modi said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India has been developing medium- and long-range missile systems since the 1990s amid strategic competition with China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2021, India successfully tested <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2018\/06\/07\/what-tech-was-used-in-indias-nuclear-capable-icbm-test-launch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Agni-V<\/a>, a nuclear-capable intercontinental 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