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India test fires Surface-to-Air Trishul missile

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

New Delhi, Feb 10, IRNA -- Indian defense scientists test-fired the 
short range surface-to-air missile Trishul from the Integrated Test 
Range (ITR) at Chandipur, 15 kms from Balasore in the Eastern Indian 
State of Orissa on Tuesday, defense sources said. 
India`s Doordarshan, an official News channel, on Tuesday said 
the surface-to-air missile capable of supersonic speed, can hit 
targets, both in air and on land, within a distance of 300 meters to 
nine kms, and it was test fired from a mobile launcher at 11:20 a.m. 
local time). 
The solid fuel propellant Trishul has a capacity to carry 15-kg 
of warhead and has been developed to suit the needs of all the three 
defense services in India. 
The missile, three meters long and 200 cm in diameter, is part of 
India`s Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (IGMDP). 
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