Prithvi-II test fired successfully

India test fires two nuclear-capable Prithvi-II surface-to-surface missiles within a gap of five minutes from integrated test range (ITR) in Chandipur in Orissa.

Prithvi- II, a highly sophisticated single stage liquid propelled missile, is equipped with inertial navigation system.

Prithvi- II missile is single stage liquid propelled and is equipped with inertial navigation system.

The missile, which is about nine metres in length and one metre in width can carry conventional as well as nuclear warheads and has a range of 350 kilometres.

Prithvi is India's first indigenously built ballistic missile. It is one of five missiles being developed under Integrated Missile Development Programme (IMDP).

Prithvi- II is capable of carrying a payload of between 500 kg and one tonne, including nuclear weapons. Two versions of the missile have been inducted into the Army and Air Force.