India successfully
test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile, which
has a strike range of 350 kms and is capable of carrying warheads of upto 1000
kgs, from a test range in Odisha.
The surface-to-surface missile was test fired
from a mobile launcher in salvo mode from launch complex-3 of the ITR at
Chandipur .
Inducted into India's SFC in 2003, Prithvi
II, the first missile to be developed by DRDO under India's prestigious IGMDP
(Integrated Guided Missile Development Program) is now a proven technology, a
defence source said.
