Defence Minister hails Prithvi-II missile launch

New Delhi, Nov 27: Defence Minister A K Antony today hailed the successful testfiring of the surface-to-surface Prithvi-II missile.

In a statement, Mr Antony conveyed his heartiest congratulations to the entire DRDO scientific community and its Programme Director and Chief Controller of Research and Development Dr V K Saraswat for the success of the mission.

The missile was successfully testfired from the launch complexes of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur on Sea and the Inner Wheeler Island inside the Bay of Bengal.

One Prithvi-II missile was testfired from Launch Complex-III at ITR, Chandipur at 1010 hrs as 'attacker' to check the air defence capabilities at 1010 hours.

Few seconds later, another Prithvi missile was test fired from Launch Complex IV of the Inner Wheeler Island as 'defender' to have a perfect alignment with a pre-designated point.

UNI

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