India on Tuesday successfully test-fired indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile with a strike range of 350 km from a test range at Chandipur in Odisha as part of a user trial by defence forces.
The surface-to-surface missile was test-fired at around 10:05am from a mobile launcher in salvo mode from launch complex-3 of the integrated test range, about 15 km from Balasore.
Describing the launch of the sophisticated missile as a complete success, ITR Director MVKV Prasad said all the mission parameters were met during the trial.
The missile was randomly chosen from the production stock and the launch activities were carried out by the specially formed strategic force command (SFC) and monitored by scientists of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) as part of training exercise.
Inducted into India’s strategic forces command in 2003, Prithvi, the first missile developed by DRDO under India’s prestigious IGMDP (Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme), is now a proven technology, said a defence official.
“The launch was part of a regular training exercise of SFC and was monitored by DRDO scientists,” he said.
