India successfullytest-fired nuclear capable Dhanush, the naval version ofPrithvi short-range ballistic missile, from a warship offOdisha coast today.
The indigenously developed naval version of the Prithvishort-range ballistic missile has a strike range of up to 350km and can carry 500 kg of conventional or nuclear warhead, aDRDO official said.
"Dhanush was test-fired from a naval ship off Odishacoast at around 1125 hours," Ravi Kumar Gupta, Director in theDirectorate of Public Interface in Defence Research andDevelopment Organisation (DRDO) told PTI over phone.
Describing the trial as fully successful, Gupta said thetest was conducted by the strategic force command (SFC) of theIndian Navy. "The trial was a complete success and all themission objectives were accomplished," he said.
Developed by the DRDO, the missile is about 8.53 metre inlength and 0.9 metre in diameter. This single stage missileuses liquid propellant.
The Dhanush missile can be used as an anti-ship weapon aswell as for destroying land targets depending on the range,sources said.