India today successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile twice in quick succession as part of a user trial by the army from a test range at Chandipur in Odisha.
●    A similar twin trial had been conducted on October 12, 2009 from the same base where both tests were successful.
●    The missile is thrusted by liquid propulsion twin engines.
●    It uses advanced inertial guidance system with manoeuvring trajectory to hit its target, they said.
●    The missile trajectory was tracked by the DRDO radars, electro-optical tracking systems and telemetry stations located along the coast of Odisha. 
●    The downrange teams on board the ship deployed near the designated impact point in the Bay of Bengal monitored the terminal events and splashdown.
●    Inducted into Indian armed forces in 2003, the nine-metre-tall, single-stage liquid-fuelled Prithvi-II is the first missile to be developed by the DRDO under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme, defence sources said.


 

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