Chandipur:(Newsonair)-India today sucessfully test-fired sophisticated indigenously developed surface-to-surface nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur off Odisha coast. The missile, with a strike range of 350-km, was test-fired at 0921 this morning from launch complex number-III of ITR.The trial was conducted in order to gauge the effectiveness of the weapon in a real time situation. The state-of-the-art missile, capable of carrying both nuclear and conventional warheads, has a length of 9 metres and is one metre in diameter with liquid propulsion twin engine. It can carry a payload weighing between 500 kg and 1,000 kg depending on the range for which it is launched. It is equipped with sophisticated navigation system. The Army is already armed with this missile, which uses liquid propellants. During today's test-firing several radars and electro-optical tracking systems, located along the coast of Odisha, tracked the missile’s path and evaluated its parameters in real time. The tracking stations confirmed the successful completion of the flight’s terminal event.
