Balasore (Odisha): India successfully test-fired a new version of nuclear-capable and surface-to-surface Shaurya ballistic missile on Saturday.
According to sources, the new version of Shaurya could be trained on targets located up to a distance of 800 kilometres.
The new version of the missile will be inducted in the strategic forces to complement one of the existing missiles in the same class, top government sources told ANI.
The missile would be lighter and easier to operate in comparison with the existing missile, the sources added.
In the last phase while moving close to its target, the missile moves at hypersonic speeds, the sources said further.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has been working towards completing total self-reliance in the field of strategic missiles and enhanced its efforts further after the call for Aatmanirbhar Bharat by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the defence manufacturing sector earlier this year, the sources said.
India also successfully testfired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile which can hit targets at over 400 km strike range which is an improvement of 100 km from the previous version of the missile.
ANI
