India today successfully test fired in quick succession two nuclear-capable 'Prithvi-II' surface-to-surface missiles with a range of 350 kilometers from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near Balasore.<br/><br/>Defence sources said, the missiles were test fired this morning from mobile launchers as part of user trials by the army. The trajectories of the missiles were tracked by a battery of long-range, multi-function radars and electro-optic telemetry stations at different locations for post-launch analysis. Scientists of the Defence Research Development<br/><br/>Organisation supervised the test-firing. Naval ships were anchored near the impact points in the Bay of Bengal. The nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile has already been inducted by the armed forces and is handled by the army units attached to the strategic force command's special group.<br/>
News On AIR | October 12, 2009 4:10 PM
Nuclear capable Prithvi-II test-fired successfully