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| India test fires 'Shaurya' missile |
| 2008-11-12 |
| India today (November 12) successfully test fired 'Shaurya', a medium-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile, to be used by its Army. With a 600-km range, the missile is capable of hitting targets deep inside Pakistan and China. The indigenous missile was launched from an underground facility with an in-built canister at 11.25 am from Complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, DRDO sources said in Balasore, Orissa. The sleek missile, with a flight duration of 485 seconds, roared into the sky leaving behind a thick yellow and white smoke on a clear sunny day, they added. The sophisticated tactical missile is capable of carrying conventional warheads with a payload of about one tonne. "With longer shelf-life, as it is stored in a canister just like the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, the Shaurya is easily transportable and user-friendly. This is a technology development project," DRDO sources told news agencies in New Delhi. Though there was speculation that the missile was a land version of the under development K-15 submarine launched ballistic missile, DRDO sources said the surface-to-surface missile had nothing to do with K-15 'Sagarika' project. "The missile was test fired from a 30-40 feet deep pit with in-built canister specially designed for the purpose. There was no water in the pit," the sources said. "The test was conducted to check some of the vital parameters of Shaurya missile," the DRDO sources said. The solid propellant, two-staged missile is little over 10 metres in length and about half-a-metre in width, they said. As a precautionary measure, the district administration of Balasore temporarily evacuated 364 families residing within two km radius of the launch site and took them to safety at a nearby shelter before the missile test. The launch of Shaurya has come nearly nine months after India had successfully tested the 'Sagarika' missile under the K-15 project this February off the coast of Visakhapatnam from a pontoon simulating the conditions of a submarine. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #5 The cap reduces hydrodynamic resistance as the missile rises through the water. It is then ejected. |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-11-12 19:22 |
| #4 Sharia is an Arabic word. Shaurya is Hindi (Bravery or Valor) |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-11-12 19:17 |
| #3 How come this 'Shaurya' missile sounds so much like 'Sharia'? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-11-12 19:05 |
| #2 what's the top part coming off? |
| Posted by: chris 2008-11-12 16:52 |
| #1 photo 1 photo 2 |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-11-12 05:40 |