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India test nuclear-capable missile Prithvi II

India successfully fired its nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile from a military base in Odisha. 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.   "The test was a 100 percent success," M V K V. Prasad, director of the test range, told IANS.   Prithvi is India s first indigenously built ballistic missile. It is one of the five missiles being developed under the country s Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme.   The missile, with flight duration of 483 seconds reaching a peak altitude of 43.5 km, has the capability to carry a 500 kg warhead.   Prithvi, which has features to deceive anti-ballistic missiles, uses an advanced inertial guidance system with manoeuvring capabilities and reaches its target within a few metres of accuracy.