India test fires Shaurya missile

Balasore (Orissa), Nov.12 : India successfully test fired the medium-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile 'Shaurya' on Wednesday.

The missile has a range of 600 kilometers and can hit targets inside Pakistan and China.

The indigenous missile was launched from an underground facility with an in-built canister at 11.25 am from Complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, DRDO sources said.

The sleek missile has a flight duration of 485 seconds and is capable of carrying conventional warheads with a payload of about a ton.

ANI