Monday, August 27, 2012

prithvi 2- tested again successfully

                                       
A single stage liquid fueled surface to surface missile capable of carrying a nuclear war head  was tested successfully on Saturday, from the Integrated test range near in Balasore in Odissa as a part of user trial by the army. A 9metre length and 1metre diametre carrying 500kg duplicate payload had hit the prefixed target in Bay of Bengal.  It was first test-fired on January 27, 1996 and the development stages were completed in 2004. This variant has been inducted in to the Army as well.though it is a ballistic missile , it do has the capacity to work as an Anti ballistic missile also.After a failed test on 24 September 2010 , two more missiles were launched on December 22, 2010 which proved to be complete success.  

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