DHAKA: India Tuesday test-fired its indigenously developed ‘Prithvi-II’ missile, which is capable of carrying 500 kg to 1,000 kg of warheads and has a strike range of 350 km, from a test range at Chandipur near Balasore.

The test was carried out as part of a user trial by the Army.

The surface-to-surface missile was test fired from a mobile launcher in salvo mode from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range at about 0948 hours.

‘The missile was randomly chosen from the production stock and the entire launch activities were carried out by the specially formed Strategic Force Command (SFC) and monitored by the scientists of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) as part of training exercise,’ the sources said.

‘The missile trajectory was tracked by DRDO radars, electro-optical tracking systems and telemetry stations located along the coast of Odisha,’ they said.

‘The downrange teams onboard the ship deployed near the designated impact point in the Bay of Bengal monitored the terminal events and splashdown,’ they said, reports NDTV.

BDST: 1615 HRS, JAN 07, 2014
Edited by Robab Rosan, Current Affairs Editor