India successfully test-fired nuke-capable Prithvi II missile
India’s Strategic Forces Command (SFC) successfully test-fired nuclear capable Prithvi II missile as part of a regular training exercise. The indigenously developed ballistic missile with a maximum range of 350 km was fired from Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Balasore district, about 230 km from Bhubaneswar.
Prithvi-II
- First missile developed by DRDO under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (IGMDP)
- Medium: Surface-to-surface
- Fuel Type: Single-stage liquid fuelled
- Payload capacity: 500 to 1000 kg
- Range: 350km
- Variants: Prithvi I for Army, Prithvi II for Air Force and; Dhanush for the Navy
- Inducted into the SFC in 2003
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2013
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs