India successfully test-fires Prithvi-II missile
India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed Prithvi-II missile on Wednesday from Chandipur, Odisha. The 4,600-kg surface-to-surface missile, with a 350-kilometer ​strike range, can carry 500-1,000 kg of warheads. Inducted into the armed forces in 2003, the medium range Prithvi-II missile was the first to be built by the DRDO under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme.