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Trishul test-fired fourth time in four days
Giridhar Gopal in Bhubaneswar |
June 25, 2003 19:08 IST
India on Wednesday�test-fired, for the fourth day in a row, the short range surface-to-air 'Trishul' missile from Integrated test range of Chandipur, 15km from Balasore in Orissa.
The Wednesday�trial was intended to gauge the accuracy and the ability of the missile in different parameter. This missle was earlier sucessfully tested on Sunday, Monday�and Tuesday,�ITR sources told rediff.com
They also said the missile, which has a range of 9 km and can carry a 15 kg warhead, was test-fired from a mobile launcher at 1345 IST.
The missile was three meters in length and 200 cm in diameter that flew at supersonic speed from a mobile launcher.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation has developed the Trishul under its integrated guided missile development programme.
The first missile was test-fired from the same test range in 1983.