Thursday, December 23, 2010

2 Prithvi-II missiles test-fired





2 Prithvi-II missiles test-firedBalasore (Orissa), Dec 22Two Prithvi-II nuclear-capable ballistic missiles with a strike range of 350 km were test-fired in an hour's gap today as part of user trials by the Army from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur off Orissa coast.  The missiles were test-fired from launch complex-3 in the ITR at around 0815 and 0915 hrs, defence sources said. The test-firing of the sleek missiles, already inducted into the armed forces, were routine trials conducted by the personnel of the Strategic Force Command (SFC), they said. — PTI

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