NEW DELHI, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- India successfully conducted night trial of its indigenously developed surface-to-surface nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile from a test range in its eastern state of Odisha, officials said Thursday.
The night trial was conducted Wednesday by the strategic force command of Indian army as part of a user trial.
"The missile having a strike range of 350 km, was fired from a mobile launcher of the integrated test range at Chandipur near Balasore at 8:30 p.m. (local time)," defense officials said. "All the parameters within the stipulated time period were achieved during the trial."
Defence officials said the missile weighing about 4,600 kg is capable of carrying 500 to 1,000 kg of warheads.
The test launch of Prithvi-II came after successful trial of the Agni-V, Agni-II and Agni-I earlier this year off the Odisha coast, reports said.
Developed under integrated guided missile development program by India's Defence Research and Development Organization, Prithvi-II was inducted into the armed forces of India in 2003.
According to defense officials, Wednesday's night trial was a part of randomly selected regular training exercise by the army to reconfirm its readiness.
