India successfully test fires Prithvi-II

India successfully test fires Prithvi-II

• Prithvi-II facts

1. Surface-to-surface strategic missile.
2. Can carry nuclear warhead of 500 kg.
3. Full range is 350 Km.
4. Naval version is Dhanush-carry nuclear warhead of 500 kg, range over 250 Km.

The Defence Research and Development Organisation, which developed both Prithvi-II and Dhanush, plans to test-fire the surface-to-surface Agni-IV, another strategic missile with a range of 4,000 km, from the Wheeler Island, off the Odisha coast, on January 20. The Agni-IV, capable of carrying a one-tonne nuclear warhead, has proved to be successful twice so far