Prithvi-1 missile

The Indian Army successfully conducted on 9 may a user trial of the surface-to-surface medium-range Prithvi-1 missile from a military base in Orissa.The missile soared at 10.40 a.m. from launch complex no. 3 of the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Balasore district, 230 km from Bhubaneswar.Prithvi is one of the five missiles under various stages of development by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Prithvi-1 has already been inducted with the Indian Army's Hyderabad-based 333 Missile Regiment.The 8.56-metre-high and one metre thick missile, with a launch weight of 4.4 tonnes excluding the payload, has a range of 50-150 km. It can carry a 1,000 kg payload.