India Test-fires 'Trishul' Missile for Third Time in 3 Days

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India Test-fires 'Trishul' Missile for Third Time in 3 Days

India on Tuesday test-fired "Trishul" shot-range missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, east India, the Press Trust of India (PTI) quoted defense sources as saying.

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India on Tuesday test-fired "Trishul" shot-range missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, east India, the Press Trust of India (PTI) quoted defense sources as saying.

The missile was test-fired at local time around 1:20 p.m., the third time in three days.

The missile had been fired from the ITR last Sunday which was followed up with another test yesterday.

The surface-to-air missile was developed by India's Defense Research and Development Organization. The solid fuel-propelled missile has a triple battle field role for the army, air force andnavy and has a range of 500 meters to nine km with the capacity ofcarrying a 15 kg war head, the sources said.

"Trishul" is about three meters in length and 200 cm in diameter and flies at supersonic speed, the sources said.

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