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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 said 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.
During the test, the missile took off vertically and its entire trajectory was tracked through an integrated system of sophisticated radars, electro-optical tracking instruments, a chain of telemetry stations positioned in different points and two naval ships placed close to the impact point deep in the Bay of Bengal.
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.
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IT IS GOOD TO SEE THAT INDIA IS CAPABLE TO SUCH A STAGE........NOW DRDO MUST AIM TO DEVELOP THE AGNI-III AND AGNI-V MISSILES AND MAKE THEM NUCLEAR CAPABLE TO MEET THE CONSTANT THREAT BY CHINA AND PAKISTAN.
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOT IT WAS COOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL
Nice work DRDO. We are proud of you.
vry enthsiastc..but we should wait till it joins army
Congrats to our DRDO scientists as well as to our Indian Army for great achievement.Keep going just i want to add.these kind of success sends a message across borders to keep down their sight.
i am really proud to test. it must teach a lesson to pakistan and china
its great to hear such successfull stories of indian defence research. more investment should be done to improve the defence sector as china n pak r continouss threat to india
I AM VERY PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN.... MAY GOD BLESS ALL INDIANS IN THIS DAY OF JOY...
it is a great achievvment of indian scientist.I heartly congrulate them ..........
i wish all indian army........... i wish all the best for indian army for the future sucess
Thats My India. -Jai Hind.
Kudos to all those involved in the development of Shaurya. I think it is out of context and unnecessary to say "With a 600-km range, the missile is capable of hitting targets deep inside Pakistan and China." This goes without saying.
GREAT JOB DRDO , WE ARE PROUD OF OUR DEFENCE RESEARCH ,, SHAURYA - GOOD NAME , WITH DEEP REACH . BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO REACH THE HEART OF ECONOMICALLY STRONG CHINA -- A POTENTIAL THREAT TO INDIA .
wake up call for new american president obama.
I salute DRDO efforts for keeping readiness of our defence forces enable them to challange adversaries from our neighbours. It is appreciable if they successfully produce a powerful Nutron Bomb, to tame the neighbouring aggressors.
Neutron bomb ? is there something like that...? As far as I know the most powerful of weapons is a Hydrogen bomb which India already is in pocession. One of the five blasts we conducted in Pokhran 2 was a hydrogen bomb.
Yes, there is a Neutron bomb. It does not damage property but mainly kills the population leaving all infrastructure and buildings etc. intact. But maximum casualties result without any damage to property.
Congratulation DRDO for this great project... however, India has to work hard with their defense strategy as China is always there to counter us
Is it a real shot or another Russian copy of....
Looks like solid propellant version of PRITHVI. Good that it does away with liquid fuel, which is hazard for the operators of PRITHIVI.
Bravo to DRDO and congratulation for yet another success. you keep making us proud everyday, just carry on your good work. You have more than 2 billion smiles and blessing with you.
we have once again shown our might in the missile technology also. We will be a super power with in few years. Our only unluck is that we do not have even a single patriotic leader. If we have that, no doubt we would have already been a super power by now.Once again Hat off to our real Heros of DRDO.Mohandas Nair
Idiots dont' copy suff from some other news agencies. How can a 600 km missile hit targets deep inside China. Idiots.
The DRDO is continuously trying to make the country self reliant in weapons.Any R@D has its ups and downs and DRDO is no exception.It is continuously working hard to achieve its goals.Well done DRDO !