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Trishul test-fired for the fourth consecutive day
Balasore, June 25: India`s sophisticated short range surface-to-air missile Trishul was test-fired once again from the integrated test range (ITR) at Chandipur, about 15 km from here, today, defence sources said.
Balasore, June 25: India's sophisticated short range surface-to-air missile Trishul was test-fired once again from the integrated test range (ITR) at Chandipur, about 15 km from here, today, defence sources said.
The missile was test-flown at around 1.45 pm.
This is the fourth consecutive day on which the missile had been test-fired mostly to gauge its accuracy and other parameters, the sources said.
The solidfuel-propelled missile was fired from a mobile launcher after a microlight unmanned aircraft was flown as the target.
Indigenously developed by the scientists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the missile had a triple battlefield role for the army, air force and navy.
It has a range of 500 metres to nine km with the capacity to carry a 15 kg payload.
The three metre long missile with a 200 cm diametre, which flew at supersonic speed, formed part of India's guided missile development programme. Bureau Report
This is the fourth consecutive day on which the missile had been test-fired mostly to gauge its accuracy and other parameters, the sources said.
The solidfuel-propelled missile was fired from a mobile launcher after a microlight unmanned aircraft was flown as the target.
Indigenously developed by the scientists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the missile had a triple battlefield role for the army, air force and navy.
It has a range of 500 metres to nine km with the capacity to carry a 15 kg payload.
The three metre long missile with a 200 cm diametre, which flew at supersonic speed, formed part of India's guided missile development programme. Bureau Report