Chandipur (Orissa): India on Friday successfully test-fired the nuclear-capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur on sea in Orissa. The missile
mounted on a mobile launcher took off from Launch Complex-3 in the ITR at around
6:50 a.m. The test firing of the missile was a user's trial by the Army's Specialised
Group Strategic Force Command (SFC). The Prithvi -II has a strike range of 350
km and a two stage engine. It is nine metres long and a metre wide and can carry
a payload of 500 kilograms. The Prithvi -II has already been inducted into Indian
armed forces.
