NEW DELHI, April 12 (Xinhua) -- India Thursday tested its home made nuclear capable Agni-III ballistic missile, from a defense base in Orissa, according to Indo-Asian News Service.

    The news quoted defense sources as saying that a four-hour "range countdown" for test-firing began at 6 a.m. on Thursday morning.

    The Defense sources said the missile, with a range of over 3,000 km, was test-fired from Inner Wheeler Island of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur defense base, about 230 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar.

    This missile was first launched last year but failed.