India testfires Prithvi-II missile

Bhubaneswar: India on Saturday successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile from a military base in Odisha, an official said. The surface-to-surface missile with a range of 350 km was fired from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur-on-sea in Balasore district, about 230 km from here. “The test was a 100 percent success,” M.V.K.V. Prasad, director of the test range, said. (IANS)