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Prithvi-II test fired

Balasore (Orissa): Prithvi-II, India's sophisticated surface-to-surface medium range missile, was test fired from the integrated test range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-sea, about 15 km from here on Sunday.

Mounted on a mobile launcher, the indigenously built single-stage missile was test fired at 0955 hours from the launch complex No. 3 of the ITR, defence sources said.

The flight trial of Prithvi-II was carried out as "part of the country's air defence exercise," according to a defence source. Some more trials of the missile, as a target missile, may also be conducted in the coming weeks, the source said.

The 8.65 metre high and one metre thick missile has already been inducted into the Army and two specially trained missile groups have been raised to handle it. — PTI

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