SFC test fire Dhanush missile successfully

India’s Strategic Forces Command (SFC) successfully test-fired nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile from a naval ship off Odisha coast.

Dhanush Missile:

• Surface-to-surface missile developed by DRDO under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP)
• Naval variant of India’s indigenously developed ‘Prithvi’ missile
• Single-stage, liquid propelled
• Can carry conventional as well as nuclear payload of 500 to 1,000 kg and strike both land and sea-based targets
• Already inducted into the armed services

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2013

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs