India on 5 October 2012 successfully test fired nuclear capable Dhanush
Missile, the naval version of short-range ballistic missile, Prithvi
from a warship off Odisha coast.
Dhanush, The indigenously
developed naval version of the Prithvi short-range ballistic missile has
a strike range of up to 350 km and can carry 500 kg of conventional or
nuclear warhead.
The test was conducted by the strategic force command (SFC) of the Indian Navy. The trial was a complete success.
Dhanush
missile is a single stage missile and was developed by the DRDO and is
about 8.53 metre in length and 0.9 metre in diameter which uses liquid
propellant.
The Dhanush missile is going to be used as an anti-ship weapon as well as for destroying land targets depending on the range.
