Prithvi 2 Missile Displays Accuracy In Test-Fire

Displaying high accuracy, India's nuclear-capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile, with a striking range of 350 km, was today successfully test-fired as part of user trial by the armed forces from Chandipur near here.

"The flight test of the surface-to-surface missile was conducted around 9 AM from a mobile launcher from Integrated Test Range's launch complex-III," ITR Director S P Dash said.

Describing the trial of the indigenously developed strategic missile as "fully successful", Dash said, "It met all the mission objectives and was perfect like a text book launch."

The launch operations were carried out by the armed forces as part of user trial and regular training exercise and monitored by the Scientists of Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO).

Being handled by the specially raised strategic force command, the short-range sleek missile has a length of 9 metres and is one metre in diameter. It is propelled by two engines than run on liquid fuel.

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