India Successfully Test Fires Nuclear-Capable 'Dhanush' Missile

India on Sunday successfully test fired its nuclear-capable ballistic missile 'Dhanush', with a range of 350 km, from a naval ship off the Orissa coast.

'Dhanush' has a payload capacity of 500 kg and is capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads.

It can hit both sea and shore-based targets.

The missile, which has liquid propellant, is the naval version of India's indigenously developed surface-to-surface 'Prithvi' missile system.

The missile had failed in its first test at the development stage on 11th April, 2000 due to certain technical problems relating to the take-off stage but subsequent trials were successful.

The last trial of 'Dhanush' was successfully conducted from a naval ship off Orissa coast on 30th March, 2007.

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