The DRDO successfully test fired an improved version of the 350 km Prithvi-II surface-to-surface ballistic missile from the Interim Test Range (ITR), Chandipur. The missile was launched from a Tatra transporter truck. The test was undertaken as part of Indian Army user trial1. Officials described the test as “successful” and the missile’s performance was evaluated by a joint team of DRDO scientists and Indian Army officials. The Prithvi-II has already been inducted into the Army’s ‘Special missile Regiment’ based in Secunderabad and a unit of the army operates the missile as part of Strategic Forces Command (SFC).

• 1. “Improved Prithvi-II successfully test fired,” Indian Express, April 15, 2009, at http://www.indianexpress.com/news/improved-prithviii-successfully-test-f...