Dhanush test-fired

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, SEPT. 21. The country's first indigenous ship-to-ship missile, Dhanush, was successfully launched today from a Navy vessel at sea. The 8.56 metre-long Dhanush has a strike range of 250 km. and was exclusively developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation.

The Navy will soon move towards operationalisation of the system. The launch was the second flight test to measure the missile's parameters.

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