Bhubaneswar, Oct 16
The test firing of indigenously built surface-to-surface missile Nirbhay from Chandipur Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Balasore district failed today.
According to Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) sources, the missile nose-dived midway during its flight. Although the take-off was successful, the missile missed the target after 11 minutes after it was test fired, informed DRDO sources. The missile had a range of 750-1,000 km. But it nose-dived after covering 128 km in the Bay of Bengal, sources added.
The two-stage missile has a length of six meters, a diameter of 0.52 m, a wing span 2.7 m and a launch weight of about 1,500 kg.
