The Prithvi-II missile was test-fired on October 16, 2020 as part of a night trial from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Balasore, located at the Odisha coast. The night trial was successfully conducted with the missile met with the expected parameters as part of this testing.
Prithvi-II is a surface-to-surface nuclear-capable ballistic missile. It is the first missile that has been indigenously developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) under the Integrated Guided Missile Programme. This missile has a strike range of 250 km and is capable of carrying around 1 tonne of warhead. It also has an Advanced Inertial Guidance System and uses manoeuvring trajectory to hit its target.
The Prithvi-II missile was test-fired on October 16, 2020 as part of a night trial from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Balasore, located at the Odisha coast. The night trial was successfully conducted with the missile met with the expected parameters as part of this testing.
This is the second test-fire that has been conducted for this missile. The Prithvi-II missile had already been tested in the past by Strategic Force Command of the armed forces under the supervision of DRDO. The first test-fire was conducted on September 23, 2020, at the ITR itself but did not go as planned causing the DRDO team to abort the launch of the Nirbhay missile that was launched from the same location after 8 minutes.
The testing trials for this missile has been conducted twice within a span of three weeks. This is also, the 11th missile launch, which has been conducted within a period of 40 days after the successful launch of India’s first Anti-Radiation Missile, Rudram, using a Su-30 MKI fighter aircraft.