{"id":40424,"date":"2018-02-08T09:22:34","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T09:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=40424"},"modified":"2018-02-08T09:22:34","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T09:22:34","slug":"successfully-test-fires-prithvi-ii-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/successfully-test-fires-prithvi-ii-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"Successfully Test Fires of Prithvi-II Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question- On February 7th, 2018, the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, successfully tested the Prithvi-II missile. Its strike range is<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 500km<br \/>\n(b) 250km<br \/>\n(c) 350km<br \/>\n(d) 550km<br \/>\n<strong>Answer- (c) <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">India successfully tested the indigenously built nuclear-capable Prithvi Missile-II guided missile. (February 7, 2018)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tactical Force Command (SFC) of the Indian Army tested the missile through the mobile launcher from launch pad-III of the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur (complex-3).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">This surface-to-surface medium range missile has a strike range of 350 km.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The missile weighs about 4,600 kg and it is capable of carrying 500 to 1,000 kilogram of traditional and nuclear warheads.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Developed under the joint collaboration of Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Bharat Dynamics Limited, the missile was first test-fired on 27 January 1996.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is powered by liquid propulsion twin engines.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Inducted in the Indian Army in year 2003 Prithvi Missile-II is a single-level liquid fueled which was developed by the DRDO under Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (IGMDP).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/defence\/nia-nabs-one-more-in-connection-with-let-probe-gets-six-days-custody\/articleshow\/62818459.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/defence\/nia-nabs-one-more-in-connection-with-let-probe-gets-six-days-custody\/articleshow\/62818459.cms<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/odishatv.in\/odisha\/body-slider\/india-successfully-test-fires-prithvi-ii-missile-274756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/odishatv.in\/odisha\/body-slider\/india-successfully-test-fires-prithvi-ii-missile-274756<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question- On February 7th, 2018, the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, successfully tested the Prithvi-II missile. Its strike range is (a) 500km (b) 250km (c) 350km (d) 550km Answer- (c) Related Facts: India successfully tested the indigenously built nuclear-capable Prithvi Missile-II guided missile. (February 7, 2018) Tactical Force Command (SFC) of the Indian Army tested the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":40401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1131],"tags":[2377],"class_list":["post-40424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dssn","tag-defensescience-short-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}