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India testfires surface-to-air Trishul missile

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

New Delhi, Sept 15, IRNA -- Trishul, India`s most sophisticated and 
indigenous short-range missile, was successfully testfired from the 
Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, about 15 from Balasore in 
the eastern Indian state of Orissa, on Wednesday, defense sources 
said. 
According to local media reports, the surface-to-air missile 
indigenously developed by India`s Defense Research Development 
Organization (DRDO), was testfired from a mobile launcher at about 
2:15 p.m. (local time), defense sources said. 
The solid fuel-propelled Trishul missile has a triple battlefield 
role for the army, air force and navy and has a range of nine km, 
with the capacity of carrying a payload of 15 kg and has been 
developed to suit the needs of all the three defense services in 
India, the sources added. 
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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