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India-Pakistan
India test-fires nuclear-capable missile
2006-11-20
BHUBANESWAR - India test-fired a short-range nuclear-capable missile on Sunday, a top defence official said, days after a similar test by Pakistan. The indigenously built single-stage missile, Prithvi II, which has been test-fired at least 10 times, was launched off the coast of the eastern state of Orissa.

On Thursday, Pakistan successfully fired an intermediate range Hatf 5 (Ghauri) ballistic missile. India had been informed of the test and Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said at the time it expected New Delhi to carry out a test shortly. “Today’s test-fire appears to be successful and more trials of the missile will be conducted later this month,” a top Defence Research and Development Organisation official told Reuters.

Future tests would be more exhaustive, he said, with scientists aiming to fire two missiles from different locations and have them collide to test the PrithviÂ’s accuracy. The Prithvi II normally takes 300 seconds to reach a target located at a distance of 150 km (90 miles).
Posted by:Steve White

#6  Hey! Hans must've missed these too!

Posted by: FOTSGreg   2006-11-20 21:06  

#5  india is buying the arrow "Til Hetz" ABM from Israel and living next to a nuclear pakiwakistan who can blame them, it works!
Posted by: pihkalbadger   2006-11-20 20:49  

#4  "scientists aiming to fire two missiles from different locations and have them collide"

Right that's funny! listen to john.
Posted by: pihkalbadger   2006-11-20 20:42  

#3  Thanks, john! Sounds like you should have written this story. Rantburg U rulez!
Posted by: PBMcL   2006-11-20 11:22  

#2  India has been testing missiles and claiming them to be Prithvis.
They also test "Lahshaya" pilotless drones quite often.
Many of these tests may be cover for ballistic and cruise missiles.

The Prithvi is liquid fueled with a long logistic chain and essentially a dead end program.
The Indian military doesn't want it, they much prefer the solid fuelled Agni.

Some of the Prithvi tests have been cover for new solid missiles. There are rumors of work on an ABM system. These "Prithvi" tests may be as targets for an interceptor (either indigenous or something India is buying from Israel (Arrow) or Russia (S300) or a prototype Indian ABM interceptor.
Posted by: john   2006-11-20 05:55  

#1  ...have them collide...

Yeah, right. Methinks the reporter misread his notes. Or something. Story says the Prithvi is a SRBM. Unless it is also an anti-missile missile with terminal guidance, chances of a collision with anything but the ground are vanishingly small.
Posted by: PBMcL   2006-11-20 00:43  

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