The indigenously-developed ballistic missile Prithvi-II was successfully test-fired from the launchpad-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Baleswar district on Tuesday morning.
The nuclear-capable surface-to-surface missile successfully with a range of 250 km-300 km was test-fired at around 10 am, sources said.
The Strategic Forces Command (SFC) of the Indian Army conducted the test as part of a regular training exercise.
Notably, the nuclear-capable Prithvi is India’s first indigenously-built ballistic missile.
The battlefield missile, with flight duration of 483 seconds and a peak altitude of 43.5 km, can carry a 500-kg warhead.
The missile was included in the Indian Army on January 27, 1996.
The twin-engine Prithvi-II is 8.56 metre in length, 1.1 metre in width and weighs 4,600 kg.