Weighing about 700 kilogrammes, the sophisticated missile uses an integral ramjet rocket propulsion system and has a low reaction time.
Trishul has triple battlefield role for the army, air force and navy and can engage targets like aircraft and helicopters by using its radar command-to-line-of-sight guidance.
This is the first time Agni-III has been test-fired.
It was the naval version of Prithvi, which has a range of 250 to 300 km.
The missiles were randomly chosen from the production stock and the entire launch activities were carried out by the specially formed strategic force command and monitored by the scientists of Defence Research and Development Organisation as part of training exercise, a defence scientist said.
This the second time that the missile has been test-fired in less than a month and is part of an effort to put in place a multi-layer missile defence system.
With a range of 25km, Akash is one of the five missiles currently under development by the Defence Research and Development Organisation.
Lakshya is the indigenously developed Pilotless Target Aircraft.
Akash was aimed at a target attached to Lakshya, the pilotless target aircraft.
The sophisticated multi-target missile was test fired from a mobile launcher at about 1230 IST.
The missile was aimed at a moving object, sources said.
It was the missile's third test flight. The first was on April 11, 1999 and second on January 17, 2001.
The indigenously built multi-target missile has a range of 25km and is one of the five missiles under various stages of development by the DRDO.
Astra is an indigenously developed air-to-air missile.
DRDO scientists, who conducted the test, described it as a user's trial.
It hit a target dropped from an AN-32 aircraft.
The indigenously built multi-target missile can carry a 50kg payload.
After achieving the precision guidance capability from a fixed launcher in its fourth trial on October 29 last, the missile was on Sunday test-fired from a mobile launcher.
The surface-to-surface missile, powered by solid propellants, was test-fired from a mobile launcher at 10.10 am from launch pad-4 of the Integrated Test Range at Abdul Kalam Island (Wheeler Island), defence officials said.
The state-of-the-art indigenous missile targeting an UAV 'Banshee', was fired from the launch complex-III of the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near Balasore on Tuesday afternoon.
This variant of the missile takes just 300 seconds to reach a target located at a distance of 150km.
The sleek 3.8 metre high missile has a striking range of 25 to 40 km.
The tests were conducted by the Indian Air Force, which will be the first service to induct the Akash missiles in its inventory.
The DRDO has so far conducted 16 trials of the army version of the missile since its first trial on February 22, 1988.
The missile is capable of intercepting incoming targets at an altitude of 15 to 25 km was launched against multiple simulated targets of 1,500 km class ballistic missile.
The air-to-air missile is to form the main interception armour of the indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft.
The conversion facilitated range enhancement and improvement in Pinaka's accuracy.
India on Monday successfully test-fired its indigenously built nuclear-capable intermediate range Agni-I ballistic missile, capable of hitting a target 700 km away, from a test range off Odisha coast as part of a user trial by the Army.
India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable sub-sonic cruise missile 'Nirbhay', which can strike targets more than 700 kms away, from a test range at Chandipur near Balasore in Odisha on Friday.
The missile targeted a floating object supported by the pilot-less target aircraft 'Lakshya', defence officials said.
The missile test was carried out from a mobile launcher from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range at about 10 am, defence officials said.
Agni-I missile is equipped with sophisticated navigation system which ensures it reaches the target with a high degree of accuracy and precision.
The surface-to-surface Prithvi-II missile is capable of carrying 500 kilogram to 1,000 kg of warheads and is thrusted by liquid propulsion twine engines
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