Agni 111 data to be examined : Pranab

Kolkata, July 9 (UNI) Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the data record of Agni III, which failed to hit the target after a successful launch from Balasore, would be examined to ascertain the nature of snag it developed.

''Agni III took off well. But it developed a technical snag in the second phase. We will examine the data to look into the problem,'' he told UNI.

Mr Mukherjee, however, said the problem the missile developed was nothing unusual and there was nothing to worry about.

''For the launching of missiles like Agni this kind of problem is not unusual and there is nothing to worry about it,'' he said.

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