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5000 km range Agni to be tested in 2009 (8,Jan 2008)

India hopes to test a long range missile with near ICBM (intercontinental balistic missile) capabilities largely the preserve of countries like US,Russia,China,France and UK till now by early next year.The Agni -III plus missile with a strike range in excess of 5000 km was in the design stage at present.

Ancient India used Nanotech (7,Jan 2008)

Indian craftsmen and artisans used nanotechnology extensively about 2000 years ago to make weapons and long lasting cave paintings according to Robert Curl Nobel Laureate of Chemistry.Famous Damascus blades used in the famous sword of Tipu Sultan and Ajanta paintings have carbon nano particles in both.On the sword scientists found carbon nanotubes cylindrical arrangements of carbon atoms first discovered in 1991 and now made in laboratories all over the world. Carbon nanotechnology is much older than carbon nanoscience.Our ancestors have been using the technology for over 2000 years and carbon nano for about 500 years.

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