BHUBANESWAR, India, June 23 (AFP) – 13:34 GMT – India has again test-fired its homegrown short-range surface-to-air Trishul missile from the eastern coastal state of Orissa, officials said Monday.
The Trishul (Trident) missile was test-fired “successfully” at 15:15 pm (1145 GMT) from a mobile launcher, according to an official at the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur.
It was also test-fired Sunday from the same site.
The missile — one of the five developed by India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation since 1983 — is powered by solid fuel and can deliver a 15-kilogram (33-pound) warhead up to nine kilometres (five miles) away, it said.
The missile is being developed for the army, navy and air force.
The test came amid reports the Indian government was scrapping the development of the Trishul as its guidance system did not work.
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June 23, 2003 at 6:48 pm