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Prithvi (P-II) missile test flight

June 16-30, 2011

The surface-to-surface Prithvi (P-II) Missile was successfully flight tested on June 9 from the launch complex-III, ITR Chandipur, Balasore, Orissa. The launch was carried out as part of the regular training exercise of the armed forces.

Prithvi-II, the first indigenous surface-to-surface strategic missile, capable of attacking targets at ranges of 350 km, reached the predefined target in the Bay of Bengal with a very high accuracy of better than 10 metres. All the radars, electro-optical systems located along the coast have tracked and monitored the missile throughout the flight path, DRDO said. The entire launch operations of the missile were carried out by the armed forces, monitored by the scientists of DRDO. The flight test of the Prithvi-II met all the mission objectives and was like a textbook launch. Dr V.K. Saraswat, Scientific Adviser to Raksha Mantri and Secretary Defence R&D, witnessed the launch operations and congratulated the armed forces and scientists for the successful flight test.