Today,on the 21st of Nov, a successful testing of two nuclear capable Prithvi-II ballistic missiles was performed. It was a back-to-back firing in salvo mode from two mobile launchers at a defence test facility in Odisha.

The two missiles have a strike range of 350 km and are capable of carrying 500 kg to 1,000 kg of warheads. The missile are thrust forward by liquid propulsion twin engines and use an advanced inertial guidance system with maneuvering trajectory to hit its target, defense sources said.

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The missiles have been randomly chosen from the production stock and the launch activities were carried out by the specially formed strategic force command (SFC) and supervised by the scientists of Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), a defense scientist said.

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The missile trajectory was tracked by the DRDO radars, electro-optical tracking systems and telemetry stations located along the coast of Odisha, sources claimed. The downrange teams on board the ship stationed near the designated impact point in the Bay of Bengal observed the crucial event.

Interposed into the Indian armed forces in 2003, the nine-metre-tall, single-stage liquid-fuelled Prithvi-II is the first missile to be developed by the DRDO under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme, the same sources said.