India test-fires nuclear-capable Shaurya missile

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India test-fires nuclear-capable Shaurya missile

October 04, 2020
Updated: 01:50 am

India test-fires nuclear-capable Shaurya missile

Bhubaneswar, Oct 3 : India successfully test-fired an advanced version of Shaurya missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead from a defence facility off the Odisha coast on Saturday. The surface-to-surface missile can hit targets in around 800 km range, said defence sources. Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the missile was test-fired from the Abdul Kalam Island test range at 12.10 pm. Shaurya is about 10 metres long with a diameter of 0.74 metre. On September 30, India successfully test-fired an extended-range supersonic cruise missile BrahMos with an indigenous booster from a test facility off the Odisha coast, with a range of around 400 km. /IANS

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