PRTHVI-II MISSILE
(India test-fires Prithvi-II missile)
India Saturday,25th August,2012, successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile from a military base in Odisha, an official said.The surface-to-surface missile with a range of 350 km was fired from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur-on-sea in Balasore district, about 230 km from here.
'The
test was a 100 percent success,' M.V.K.V. Prasad, director of the test range,
told .Prithvi is India's first indigenously built ballistic missile. It is one
of the five missiles being developed under the country's Integrated Guided
Missile Development Programme.The missile, with a flight duration of 483
seconds reaching a peak altitude of 43.5 km, has the capability to carry a 500
kg warhead.
Prithvi, which has features to deceive anti-ballistic missiles, uses an advanced inertial guidance system with manoeuvring capabilities and reaches its target within a few metres of accuracy.
Prithvi, which has features to deceive anti-ballistic missiles, uses an advanced inertial guidance system with manoeuvring capabilities and reaches its target within a few metres of accuracy.
Prof.
John Kurakar
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