India successfully test-fired nuke-capable Prithvi II missile

December 5, 2013

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