Bhubaneswar: India yesterday successfully test-fired its indigenously-developed nuclear-capable sub-sonic long-range cruise missile ‘Nirbhay’ that can hit a target 1,500km away. The missile was test-fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Odisha’s Balasore district.
The missile has a capacity to hit targets at a distance of 1,500km and was successfully test fired at 10.03 am yesterday, said B K Das, additional director of Chandipur Integrated Test Range.
“We have achieved a great feat by successfully testing this missile. It would help immensely in future,” said Das. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Indian scientists on the successful test-firing of the missile and described it as a “great impetus to our defence capabilities”.
Its first test was on March 12, 2013, but it could not achieve all the desired parameters as the flight had to be terminated mid-way when deviations were observed from its intended course.IANS
