India on Saturday successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile from a naval ship off the Odisha coast.
ITR, Chandipur Director MVKV Prasad said, Dhanush, a surface-to-surface naval variant of India’s indigenously-developed Prithvi missile, was successfully test-fired at around 11.10 am by the Strategic Forces Command of the Defence forces from a location at the Bay of Bengal. The single-stage, liquid-propelled Dhanush has already been inducted into the armed services and is one of the five missiles developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP).
Dhanush is capable of carrying conventional as well as nuclear payload of 500 kg to 1,000 kg and hitting both land and sea-based targets.