<p>India on Saturday successfully test-fired the indigenous nuclear capable missile, Prithvi II, to assess the weapon’s user specific requirements at Chandipur in Balasore district in north Odisha.<br /><br />Sources in the Balasore district administration said the missile was launched from a mobile launcher parked at launch pad number three of the premier missile testing centre run by the Defence Research and Development Organisation at 1107 hours. <br /><br />The missile, which has already been inducted into the Army, has been test fired several times in the past.<br /><br />Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation , Prithvi II is a 8.5 metre-long surface-to-surface ballistic missile weighing about 460 kg. It has the capability to destroy a target at a distance of 300 to 350 km carrying both conventional as well as nuclear warheads of 500 kg.</p>.<p>Many scientists from Defence Research and Development Organisation and representatives of the Indian armed forces were present at the Interim Test Range on Saturday. <br /><br />The operation was also monitored by a naval warship stationed deep inside the Bay of Bengal as well as radars and electro optical systems deployed in different places on the Odisha coast.<br /><br />The test firing was originally scheduled for Friday but was postponed due to some technical snags.<br /></p>
<p>India on Saturday successfully test-fired the indigenous nuclear capable missile, Prithvi II, to assess the weapon’s user specific requirements at Chandipur in Balasore district in north Odisha.<br /><br />Sources in the Balasore district administration said the missile was launched from a mobile launcher parked at launch pad number three of the premier missile testing centre run by the Defence Research and Development Organisation at 1107 hours. <br /><br />The missile, which has already been inducted into the Army, has been test fired several times in the past.<br /><br />Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation , Prithvi II is a 8.5 metre-long surface-to-surface ballistic missile weighing about 460 kg. It has the capability to destroy a target at a distance of 300 to 350 km carrying both conventional as well as nuclear warheads of 500 kg.</p>.<p>Many scientists from Defence Research and Development Organisation and representatives of the Indian armed forces were present at the Interim Test Range on Saturday. <br /><br />The operation was also monitored by a naval warship stationed deep inside the Bay of Bengal as well as radars and electro optical systems deployed in different places on the Odisha coast.<br /><br />The test firing was originally scheduled for Friday but was postponed due to some technical snags.<br /></p>
