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16/06/22 06:48 AM IST

Prithvi-II

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  • A successful training launch of a Short-Range Ballistic Missile, Prithvi-II was carried out recently. 
Prithvi -II 
  • Prithvi-II can carry a warhead up to one tonne and destroy targets at a distance of 350 km.
  • The nine-metre tall missile having a diameter of 1.1-metre diameter is thrust by liquid propulsion twin engine and uses an advanced inertial guidance system with a manoeuvring trajectory.
  • It has a strike range of 350 kilometres.
  • It uses an advanced inertial guidance system with manoeuvering trajectory to hit its target.
Source- PIB 

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