India on Saturday successfully test-fired nuclear-capable Shourya missile from an interim test range run by the Defence Research and Development Organisation and located at Chandipur in Odisha’s Balasore district.
The sophisticated missile, which has the capability to hit a target at a distance of 700 km carrying both conventional as well as nuclear warheads up to one tonne, was launched at 2:30 pm from the launch complex number three of the premier missile testing centre, ITR sources said.
Perfect launch
“The launch of the missile was perfect like a textbook and followed the path exactly to the pre-defined target in the Bay of Bengal,” said ITR director S P Dash.
All the radar stations, telemetry stations and electro-optical stations along the east coast tracked and monitored the mission parameters.
Naval ships stationed near the target also tracked and witnessed the final event.
Widely known as the land variant of the sophisticated K-15 underwater missile, Shourya is equipped with multiple advance computing systems as well as very accuracy navigation and guidance systems.
The missile, which is yet to be inducted into the armed forces, had its last successful test flight in November 2008.