NEW DELHI – India has activated dangerous arms race in South Asia.

In its recent provocative sparking effort, India on Sunday test-fired itsnuclear-capable long-range ballistic missile Agni-IV, with a strike rangeof 4,000 km, as part of a user trial by the Army.

According to the Times of India, the strategic surface-to-surface missilewas flight tested from launch complex-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR)at Dr. Abdul Kalam Island, earlier known as Wheeler Island, at 8.35a.m., defence sources said.