India today successfully testfired its nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile from the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur-on-Sea in Balasore district off Odisha coast as part of a user trial by the Army. The surface-to-surface missile with a range of 350 km was fired from launch complex number 3 of ITR today.

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. The 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.