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It was test launched with the help of a mobile launcher from launch complex-4 of ITR at Wheeler Island around 11.45 am, defence sources said on Wednesday.
A high performance on-board computer with distributed avionics architecture and high speed reliable communication bus and a full Digital Control System were used to control and guide the missile to the target.
“It is equipped with modern and compact avionics to provide high level of reliability,” a DRDO official said.
“The state-of-the-art Ring Laser Gyros based high accuracy INS (RINS) and Micro Navigation System (MINGS) complementing each other in redundant mode have been incorporated into the missile system in guidance mode,” the sources said.
The sophisticated missile is lighter in weight and has two stages of solid propulsion. The payload, with a re-entry heat shield can withstand temperature of more than 3,000 degree Celsius, a defence scientist said.
The missile, is undergoing developmental trials by country's premier Defence Research and Development Organisation.
The last trial of the missile, carried out on November 15, 2011 from the same base was successful.
Can India not fire a missile that on landing on the target launch eco-friendly toilets by the hundreds which the people can use without hesitation? Come on scientists, please show the world that besides harming enemies you can rid the country of disease and squalor!
