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India tests surface-to-air Trishul missile
Jul 23, 2006, 16:20 GMT
New Delhi - India on Sunday test-fired its indigenously built Trishul surface-to-air missile from a defence facility in the eastern Orissa state.
The short-range missile, which means trident in Hindi, was fired from a mobile launcher at the test range in Chandipur, 220 kilometres northeast of the state capital Bhubaneswar.
The missile was targeted at a micro-light aircraft, the PTI news agency reported, quoting defence sources.
Powered by a two-stage solid propellant engine, Trishul was fired over a range of nine kilometres and its range can be enhanced with the completion of the trials, PTI said.
Trishul, designed for the Indian navy, is designed to hit low-level targets, protecting naval vessels from missiles.
The missile, variants of which are being developed for the army and air force, is tested at regular intervals.
The Trishul project was initiated in 1984 and is one of India's longest missile development projects.
Sunday's Trishul test comes nearly a fortnight after the failure of the first test launch of Agni-III, the country's longest-range nuclear-capable missile.
The Agni surface-to-surface missile launch was a disappointment for the Indian defence establishment as the projectile fell into the Bay of Bengal more than 2,000 kilometres short of its designated 3,500-kilometre target.
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