Nuclear Capable Prithvi-2 Missile Successfully Tested At Night In Odisha

Two Prithvi-2 missiles were test fired consecutively and both tests met all parameters, the official said from the Interim Test Range at Chandipur.

20 Nov 2019 20:35 IST

Updated On 20 Nov 2019 21:11 IST

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Nuclear Capable Prithvi-2 Missile Successfully Tested At Night In Odisha — The trial of the surface-to-surface missile with a strike range of 350 km was carried out from a mobile launcher from launch complex-3 of the ITR between 7 pm to 7.15 pm. ( Photo Credit : File )

India successfully tested on Wednesday the indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-2 missile at night as part of a user trial by the Indian Army from a test range off Odisha coast, an official said. Two Prithvi-2 missiles were test fired consecutively and both tests met all parameters, the official said from the Interim Test Range at Chandipur.

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The trial of the surface-to-surface missile with a strike range of 350 km was carried out from a mobile launcher from launch complex-3 of the ITR between 7 pm to 7.15 pm, he said. It was a routine trial, he added. The night time testfire of Prithvi-2 was conducted successfully from the ITR on February 21, 2018.

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