India on Tuesday, Dec. 3, successfully carried out a night test-firing of the over 300 km strike-range Prithvi ballistic missile off the coast of Balasore, the Economic Times reports. The test was conducted by the Strategic Forces Command.

Prithvi ballistic missile (Picture source: Indian MoD)

In November India successfully carried out night-time test-firing of two Prithvi ballistic missiles. The testing of the indigenously developed nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Prithvi-2 missile was a part of a user trial by the Army. The mission, named Prithvi Defence Vehicle (PDV) mission, aimed to engage targets in the exo-atmosphere region at an altitude above 50km of the earth's atmosphere.

A successful night-time test firing of Agni-2 ballistic missile with a strike range of 2,000 km was also carried out last month.