Prithvi II successfully test-fired

The Strategic Forces Command of the armed forces successfully flight-tested the surface-to-surface Prithvi II missile from Chandipur in Balasore district in Odisha State.After the missile lifted off from a road-mobile launcher at the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, it flew over its entire range of 350 km, It then impacted in the targeted area in the Bay of Bengal with an accuracy of less than ten metres. The missile, which can carry nuclear warheads, carried a dummy payload in this mission. The SFC is entrusted with launching delivery systems that will carry nuclear weapons.The Defence Research and Development Organisation developed the Prithvi II, which is a single-stage missile that uses liquid propellants. It can carry a warhead weighing 500 kg.