Government of India
Ministry of Defence
20-December-2012 15:55 IST
Prithvi-II
Missile Successfully Test- Fired
Army’s Strategic Forces Command (SFC) successfully
test-fired the Prithvi-II missile from the DRDO range facility at Chandipur off
the Odisha coast today. The entire trajectory of the missile was tracked by a
battery of sophisticated radars, telemetry observation stations, electro-optic
instruments and naval ships.
The Prithvi-II missile is equipped with advanced high accuracy navigation system and guided by an innovative guidance scheme. The improved Circular Error Probability (CEP) achieved is a testimony to the efficacy of this missile system. An SFC spokesman said, “the flight conveys our preparedness to meet any eventuality”; The mission “fully validated our operational readiness”. With this launch the Army’s Strategic Forces Command has successfully carried out in operational conditions launches of all the variants of Prithvi and Agni missiles |
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