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Friday, September 24, 2010

Prithvi-II ballistic missiles fails to take off

Prithvi-IIA user trial of the nuclear weapons capable, surface-to-surface Prithvi-II ballistic missile from Chandipur in Orissa ended in an embarassing failure for the government as the missile did not take off.

The nine metre-tall, single stage liquid propelled missile with a maximum range of 350 kilometres was fired from a mobile launcher at 10.03 am from the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur-on-sea, Orissa.

But sources in the Defence Research and Development Organisation said the missile just did not launch as the launchpad was enveloped in smoke.

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