Balasore: India had successfully test-fire the Prithvi-II missile which is nuclear weapon capable and surface to surface for a shortened range of 250 km as against its full range of 350 km from Chandipur in Balasore district of Odisha on Thursday.
The indigenously-developed missile was launched by personnel of Strategic Forces Command (SFC) from a road mobile launcher at around 9.15 am.
According to Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) missile scientists, the missile after a flight duration of nearly seven minutes splashed down near the pre-designated target point in the Bay of Bengal with a high degree of accuracy.
One of the scientists said, “We have also test- flown two indigenously developed radar transponders for S band and C band in the missile and they were successfully validated.”
He said the two transponders could be used for bigger missiles in future.
Carrying a dummy payload weighing 500 kg, the missile met all the mission objectives. The entire mission was carried out by SFC personnel as part of regular training.
All the radars, electro-optical tracking systems and telemetry stations along the East Coast monitored the trajectory and health of the missile from the launch till its impact, while down a range ship recorded the terminal event.
Notify that it is the first missile to have been developed by the DRDO under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) and has been inducted into the SFC in 2003.
Bureau Report
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