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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Glitch halts test-launch of Prithvi missiles

Prithvi-IIPlans to launch two nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missiles in a salvo mode within a few minutes of each other were aborted at the last minute on Wednesday after a technical glitch developed in one of them.

The missiles which were to be launched by the Strategic Force Command (SFC) of the Armed Forces from the Integrated Test Range, Balasore, were held back, after the problem was detected during the countdown, a top official of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) told The Hindu.

The problem was being looked into and it was not yet known when the rescheduled test-firing would take place.

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