[url="http://www.kalingatimes.com/odisha_news/news2010/20100327_Prithvi-II_Dhanush_missiles_test_fired_successfully.htm#"]Prithvi-II, Dhanush missiles test fired successfully[/url]: KalingaTimes
Quote:[url="http://www.kalingatimes.com/odisha_news/news2010/20100327_Prithvi-II_Dhanush_missiles_test_fired_successfully.htm#"][/url]By Sibdas Kundu
Balasore (Odisha), Mar 27: India successfully flight-tested indigenously developed surface to surface missile Prithvi-II and ship launched Dhanush missiles in SALVO Mode at about 05.30 AM today.
Dhanush missile was launched first from a Naval ship at 05.30 AM and Prithvi-II was launched few minutes later from LC-III complex at Integrated Test Range , Chandipur, according SC Dash, Director of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near here.
Both the missiles are under production after successfully completion of development trials and have been inducted into the Armed Forces.
Both the missiles were flight tested by Armed Forces almost simultaneously as part of the regular training exercise, Dash said in an official release soon after the successful launch of the two missiles.
The trajectory of both the missiles were monitored by a widespread tracking network consisting of Radars, Telemetry and Electro-optical systems spread over land and sea.
Both were text book launches and met all the mission objectives. The entire mission sequencing events occurred as expected. Advanced navigation and guidance systems were flight tested in this exercise, according to the ITR Director.
The launches were carried out by Armed Forces and DRDO scientists have only overseen the operations.
VK Saraswat, Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister and Director General of Defence Research and Resaerch Organisation was present during the mission.
P Venugopalan, Director DRDL, SK Ray, Director RCI, Avinash Chander, Director ASL, VLN Rao, Programme Director and SP Dash, Director ITR were also present during the mission.
According to sources, Agni missile was also likely to be test-fired on Sunday morning as part of DRDO's ongoing mega mission `[size="4"]Sankalp[/size]'.
[url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-successfully-tests-N-capable-Prithvi-II-Dhanush-missiles/articleshow/5730413.cms"]India successfully tests N-capable Prithvi II, Dhanush missiles[/url]
Quote:AGENCIES, Mar 27, 2010, 07.47am IST <a href="http://netspiderads2.indiatimes.com/ads.dll/clickthrough?slotid=36459" target="_blank"><img src="http://netspiderads2.indiatimes.com/ads.dll/photoserv?slotid=36459" border="0" width="660" height="65" alt="Advertisement"></a> BHUBANESWAR: India early Saturday successfully tested two nuclear capable missiles Dhanush and Prithvi II in Orissa, official said.
"Both the missiles were successfully launched at the same time at 5.30 hours," SP Dash, director of the Integrated Test Range of Chandipur in Balasore district, told IANS.
While Prithvi II surface to surface ballistic missile with a range of 350 km was launched from Chandipur, some 230 kms from state capital Bhubaneswar, Dhanush, a naval version of Prithvi with the same range was launched from a naval ship off Orissa coast.
The test firing of Prithvi, the short-range, surface-to-surface ballistic missile, which has already been inducted into the armed forces, was a user trial by the Indian army. The sleek missile is "handled by the strategic force command", the defence sources said.
Prithvi, the first ballistic missile developed under the country's prestigious Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP), has the capability to carry 500 kg of warheads and is thrusted by liquid propulsion twine engine.
It uses an advanced inertial guidance system with maneuvering trajectory and reaches the targets with few meter accuracy. It has a length of 9 meters with 1 metre diameter.
The entire trajectory of today's trial was tracked down by a battery of sophisticated radars and an electro-optic telemetry stations were positioned in different locations for post-launch analysis, they said.
[url="http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/orissa-nuclear-capable-missiles-successfully-test-fired-18508.php"]Orissa: Nuclear-capable missiles successfully test-fired[/url]
Quote:[url="http://www.ndtv.com/news/search/results.php?cfeed=tw%3BSU%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%3BLC%3A%23003399%3BVC%3A%23008000%3BDC%3A%23999999%3BTB%3A0%3BPBG%3A1%3BGP%3A0%3B%3BRBG%3A%23DCDCDC&hl=en&q=Press%20Trust%20of%20India&site=ndtv.com"]Press Trust of India[/url], Saturday March 27, 2010, Balasore, Orissa
Dhanush and Prithvi-II missiles both nuclear-capable were successfully test fired off Orissa coast on Saturday early morning by the Defence Research and Development Organisation.
Dhanush was test fired from a naval ship off Orissa coast.
'Prithvi-II' ballistic missile, which has a maximum range of 295 km, was test fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, about 15 km from Balasore, Orissa.
The indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile was test fired at around 0548 hours from a mobile launcher from the ITR launch complex-3, defence sources said.
The test firing of the short-range, surface-to-surface ballistic missile, which has already been inducted into the armed forces, was a user trial by the Indian Army. The sleek missile is "handled by the strategic force command", the sources said.
Prithvi, the first ballistic missile developed under the country's prestigious Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP), has the capability to carry 500 kg of warheads and is thrusted by liquid propulsion twine engine.
It uses an advanced inertial guidance system with manoeuvring trajectory and can reach the target with few meter accuracy. It has a length of 9 meters with 1 metre diameter.
The entire trajectory of Saturday's trial was tracked down by a battery of sophisticated radars and an electro-optic telemetry stations were positioned in different locations for post-launch analysis, they said.
A naval ship had been anchored near the impact point in the down range of Bay of Bengal and Long-Range Tracking Radar (LRTR) as well as a Multi-Function Tracking Radar (MFTR) had been deployed to track the missile's trajectory.
Dhanush missile was fired from INS-Subhadra in the Bay of Bengal near Puri by Indian Navy personnel as part of user training exercise, Defence sources said.
The nuclear-capable 'Dhanush', a naval version of 'Prithvi', was test-fired at 0544 hours, they said.
The missile followed the pre-designated trajectory with text-book precision and two naval ships located near the target have tracked the splash, the sources said.
According to the sources, the 350-km range missile will give Indian navy the capability to launch a missile on enemy's targets with great precisions.
The sophisticated radar systems located along the coast monitored today's entire trajectory of the vehicle, added the source.
The single stage missile is powered by liquid propellants. It is 10-metre long and weighs six tonnes. It has one metre diameter and can carry 500 kg warhead.
[url="http://www.ptinews.com/news/583688_-Dhanush--missile-test-fired"]Ship-based 'Dhanush' ballistic missile test fired[/url]
Quote:Balasore(Orissa), Mar 27 (PTI) India today successfully test fired its ship-based ballistic missile 'Dhanush', with a range of 350 km, from a naval vessel off the Orissa coast.
The missile was fired from INS-Subhadra in the Bay of Bengal near Puri by Indian Navy personnel as part of user training exercise, Defence sources said.
The nuclear-capable 'Dhanush', a naval version of 'Prithvi', was test-fired at 0544 hours, they said.
The missile followed the pre-designated trajectory with text-book precision and two naval ships located near the target have tracked the splash, the sources said.
According to the sources, the 350-km range missile will give Indian navy the capability to launch a missile on enemy's targets with great precisions.
The sophisticated radar systems located along the coast monitored today's entire trajectory of the vehicle, added the source.
The single stage missile is powered by liquid propellants. It is 10-metre long and weighs six tonnes.
[url="http://www.ptinews.com/news/583686_Prithvi-II-ballistic-missile-test-fired"]'Prithvi-II' ballistic missile successfully test fired[/url]
Quote:Balasore (Orissa), Mar 27 (PTI) 'Prithvi-II' ballistic missile, which has a maximum range of 295 km, was successfully test fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, about 15 km from here, off the Orissa coast early today.
The indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile was test fired at around 0548 hours from a mobile launcher from the ITR launch complex-3, defence sources said.
The test firing of the short-range, surface-to-surface ballistic missile, which has already been inducted into the armed forces, was a user trial by the Indian army. The sleek missile is "handled by the strategic force command", the sources said.
Prithvi, the first ballistic missile developed under the country's prestigious Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP), has the capability to carry 500 kg of warheads and is thrusted by liquid propulsion twine engine.
It uses an advanced inertial guidance system with manoeuvring trajectory and reach the targets with few meter accuracy.