<p>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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Perfect launch<br /><br />“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. <br /><br />All the radar stations, telemetry stations and electro-optical stations along the east coast tracked and monitored the mission parameters. <br /><br />Naval ships stationed near the target also tracked and witnessed the final event.<br />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.<br /><br />The missile, which is yet to be inducted into the armed forces, had its last successful test flight in November 2008.<br /></p>
<p>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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Perfect launch<br /><br />“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. <br /><br />All the radar stations, telemetry stations and electro-optical stations along the east coast tracked and monitored the mission parameters. <br /><br />Naval ships stationed near the target also tracked and witnessed the final event.<br />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.<br /><br />The missile, which is yet to be inducted into the armed forces, had its last successful test flight in November 2008.<br /></p>
