BHUBANESWAR, May 23: India’s military on Friday conducted a successful test of a short-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile, defence sources said.

The test of the Prithvi (Earth) missile was carried out from India’s Integrated Testing Range at Chandipur-on-Sea, some 200km northeast of Orissa’s state capital Bhubaneswar.

“It was a user trial of the army version of the 150-250km-range Prithvi,” a defence scientist said on condition of anonymity, adding the firing was conducted at 10:30am.

The 8.5-metre surface-to-surface missile, first tested in February 1988, can carry a one tonne conventional or nuclear payload.—AFP