India successfully conducts missile-versus-missile test (SECOND LEAD)
Nov 27, 2006, 10:00 GMT
Balasore (Orissa), Nov 27 (IANS) India Monday successfully test-fired two nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missiles against each other from different military test ranges on the Orissa coast to test their effectiveness, officials said.
While one missile was test fired from the shore-based Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-sea at 10.15 a.m. from a mobile launcher at launch complex No.3, the second one went off over a minute later from another mobile launcher at launch complex No.4 in the Inner Wheeler Island. Both ranges are located 150 km from state capital Bhubaneswar.
The missiles collided in the sky over the Bay of Bengal about 70 km from the Chandipur range, defence sources said. The impact created a 'boom like sound' with the remnants of the rockets falling into the Bay of Bengal, officials said.
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The air defence exercise is to be followed by a three-day national conference on range technology from Tuesday at ITR. To be inaugurated by President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, it will be attended by 15 renowned defence scientists from the US, Britain, France, Germany and Denmark.
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