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Prithvi-II missile successfully test-fired
Balasore, Jun 9 (PTI) India Thursday achieved yet
another success in missile technology as it successfully
test-fired the Prithvi-II nuclear capable missile, which hit
the target with "very high accuracy" of around 10 meters.
"The missile was successfully flight tested at 9 AM
from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near here as part
of the regular training exercise of the armed forces," a DRDO
spokesperson said.
"Prithvi-II, the first indigenous surface-to-surface
strategic Missile, capable of attacking targets at ranges of
350 kms, reached the predefined target in the Bay of Bengal
with a very high accuracy of better than 10 meters," officials
said.
Officials said today's test met all the mission
objectives and was like a text book launch.
"Taken from routine production lot during earlier user
trials, the missile had achieved single digit accuracy
reaching close to zero circular error probability (CEP)," they
said.
Prithvi-II with features to deceive any anti ballistic
missiles, had demonstrated flight duration of 483 seconds
reaching a peak altitude of 43.5 km in the 2008 user’s trial.
Similarly, as a part of the operational exercises by
armed forces, two Prithvi-II missiles, aimed at two different
targets at 350 km from launch point of ITR, at Chandipur were
successfully launched within minutes of each other on October
12, 2009 and all the mission objectives were met.
The sleek missile once again proved its accuracy when
the user tried it in a ‘salvo mode’ on March 27 and June 18,
2010 from ITR, Chandipur. It was the fourth successful
Prithvi-II flight within a period of eight months.
With a striking range of 250 to 350 km, Prithvi-II
missile is capable of carrying a pay-load of 500-1000 kg
warhead.
All the radars, electro optical systems located
along the coast have tracked and monitored the Missile
throughout the flight path. An Indian naval ship located near
the target witnessed the final event.
DRDO chief V K Saraswat, Programme Director AD V L N
Rao along with several top SFC and Army officials were
present during the trial.
another success in missile technology as it successfully
test-fired the Prithvi-II nuclear capable missile, which hit
the target with "very high accuracy" of around 10 meters.
"The missile was successfully flight tested at 9 AM
from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near here as part
of the regular training exercise of the armed forces," a DRDO
spokesperson said.
"Prithvi-II, the first indigenous surface-to-surface
strategic Missile, capable of attacking targets at ranges of
350 kms, reached the predefined target in the Bay of Bengal
with a very high accuracy of better than 10 meters," officials
said.
Officials said today's test met all the mission
objectives and was like a text book launch.
"Taken from routine production lot during earlier user
trials, the missile had achieved single digit accuracy
reaching close to zero circular error probability (CEP)," they
said.
Prithvi-II with features to deceive any anti ballistic
missiles, had demonstrated flight duration of 483 seconds
reaching a peak altitude of 43.5 km in the 2008 user’s trial.
Similarly, as a part of the operational exercises by
armed forces, two Prithvi-II missiles, aimed at two different
targets at 350 km from launch point of ITR, at Chandipur were
successfully launched within minutes of each other on October
12, 2009 and all the mission objectives were met.
The sleek missile once again proved its accuracy when
the user tried it in a ‘salvo mode’ on March 27 and June 18,
2010 from ITR, Chandipur. It was the fourth successful
Prithvi-II flight within a period of eight months.
With a striking range of 250 to 350 km, Prithvi-II
missile is capable of carrying a pay-load of 500-1000 kg
warhead.
All the radars, electro optical systems located
along the coast have tracked and monitored the Missile
throughout the flight path. An Indian naval ship located near
the target witnessed the final event.
DRDO chief V K Saraswat, Programme Director AD V L N
Rao along with several top SFC and Army officials were
present during the trial.
