India Test Fires Prithvi-II Ballistic Missile


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On October 6, India’s Strategic Forces Command conducted a successful test launch of its indigenously produced Prithvi-II short-range ballistic missile. The Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) reported the missile was launched from Odisha and made terminal impact in the Bay of Bengal. Prithvi-II has a range of 350 km with a CEP of 50 m and carries either a 500 or 1,000 kg unitary warhead.

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Jenevieve Molenda, "India Test Fires Prithvi-II Ballistic Missile," Missile Threat, Center for Strategic and International Studies, October 12, 2018, last modified June 28, 2019, https://missilethreat.csis.org/india-test-fires-prithvi-ii-ballistic-missile/.