Two Prithvi-II missiles testfired within a gap of five minutes

Balasore (Orissa), Oct 12 (PTI) India Monday successfully
testfired in quick succession two nuclear-capable 'Prithvi-II'
surface-to-surface missiles with a range of 350 km from the
Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, about 15 km from
Balasore in India's eastern state of Orissa.

The two indigenously developed missiles were test
fired successfully at 10:28 AM IST and 10:33 AM IST, from
mobile launchers as part of user trials by the army, defence
sources said.

The trajectories of the missiles were tracked by a
battery of long-range, multi-function radars and electro-optic
telemetry stations at different locations for post-launch
analysis, the sources said.

Scientists of the Defence Research Development
Organisation (DRDO) supervised the test-firing with logistic
support from the ITR personnel here. Naval ships were anchored
near the impact points in the Bay of Bengal.

The nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile has already been
inducted by the armed forces and is handled by the army units
attached to the strategic force command's special group, they
said. MORE PTI COR
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