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Saturday, March 31, 2007

India's Dhanush Surface-to-Surface Missile Test Fired Today

India successfully test fired its indigenous Dhanush missile - the nuclear-capable naval version of the Prithvi short-range ballistic missile - from a military base in Orissa Friday, a defence source said.

'The missile was test fired in the Bay of Bengal from (navy vessel) INS Rajput that was positioned nearly 60 km from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur at around 2.30 p.m.,' the source said.

Developed and built by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Dhanush has a 250-km range and can carry a single warhead weighing up to 750 kg.

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