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India successfully conducted night test-firing of Prithvi ballistic missile.


| 2019

India on Tuesday, Dec. 3, successfully carried out a night test-firing of the over 300 km strike-range Prithvi ballistic missile off the coast of Balasore, the Economic Times reports. The test was conducted by the Strategic Forces Command.


India successfully conducted night test firing of Prithvi ballistic missile
Prithvi ballistic missile (Picture source: Indian MoD)


In November India successfully carried out night-time test-firing of two Prithvi ballistic missiles. The testing of the indigenously developed nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Prithvi-2 missile was a part of a user trial by the Army. The mission, named Prithvi Defence Vehicle (PDV) mission, aimed to engage targets in the exo-atmosphere region at an altitude above 50km of the earth's atmosphere.

A successful night-time test firing of Agni-2 ballistic missile with a strike range of 2,000 km was also carried out last month.


 

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