India
twice successfully tests n-capable Prithvi-II missile
Wednesday December 22, 2010 02:19:04 PM,
IANS
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Bhubaneswar: India
Wednesday successfully conducted two tests of its indigenously
developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile from a
military base in Orissa, an official said.
The surface-to-surface missile, which has been inducted into the
Indian armed forces, first blasted off from the Integrated Test
Range at Chandipur, about 230 km from here, at 8.15 a.m. and then
at 9.15 a.m. This is the second time two Prithvi missiles were
successfully tested within a gap of one hour, the official said.
"The tests were done by the armed forces. Both were perfect
launches," Integrated Test Range director S.P. Dash told IANS.
The tests were conducted as part of a user trial in the presence
of senior scientists of the Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO). The two missiles were taken from a production
lot and were test fired by the Army's Strategic Forces Command (SFC),
Dash said.
All radars, electro-optical tracking systems and telemetry
stations along the coast monitored the trajectory parameters of
the missiles throughout the mission, he added.
Prominent among those who witnessed the test were Defence Research
and Development Laboratory (Hyderabad) director P. Venugopalan,
programme director V.L.N. Rao, project directors D.S. Reddy and
Adalat Ali.
V.K. Saraswat, scientific advisor to the defence minister,
congratulated the scientists and armed forces for the successful
flight tests.
Prithvi-II has a maximum range of 350 km and can carry a 500 kg
payload. The previous test of the missile Sep 24 was unsuccessful.
It had, however, been successfully tested June 18.
DRDO has developed the Prithvi range under India's Integrated
Guided Missile Development Programme.
"The Prithvi missiles, equipped with state-of-the-art guidance
systems have reached the specified targets with very high degree
of accuracy," Dash said.
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