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Dhanush (Sanskrit: धनुष, "Bow") is a variant of the surface-to-surface or ship-to-ship Prithvi III missile, which has been developed for the Indian Navy. It is capable of carrying both conventional as well as nuclear warheads with pay-load capacity of 500 kg-1000 kg [39] and can strike targets in the range of 350 km. Dhanush is a system ...
Apr 23, 2024 · The Dhanush missile is an Indian short-range, ship-launched ballistic missile (ShLBM). It is the third variant of the Prithvi missile family, which includes the Prithvi I, Prithvi II, and the Prithivi Air Defense interceptor.
Mar 15, 2021 · U.S. ally South Korea is pushing ahead with plans to develop its own hypersonic missiles as it seeks a viable missile strike capability in response to North Korea’s extensive ballistic...
Nov 24, 2013 · The Indian Ministry of Defence has successfully test-fired its domestically-built nuclear-capable ballistic missile Dhanush, from a naval ship off the Odisha coast.
Nov 1, 2018 · The ship-based ballistic missile is the Dhanush, a 400-kilometer (249-mile) single-stage, liquid-fuel, short-range ballistic missile designed to launch from the back of two specially configured Sukanya-class patrol vessels (Subhadra and Suvarna); each ship can carry two missiles. The Dhanush is a ship-based variant of the Prithvi-II SRBM.
Feb 26, 2018 · On February 23, India’s Strategic Forces Command (SFC) test fired a Dhanush ballistic missile from an Indian Navy vessel in the Bay of Bengal. The missile was fired off an Indian Navy Sukyana -class offshore patrol vessel, either the INS Subhadra or INS Suvarna.
Oct 5, 2012 · The indigenously developed naval version of the Prithvi short-range ballistic missile has a strike range of up to 350 km and can carry 500 kg of conventional or nuclear warhead,a DRDO official said. “ Dhanush was test-fired from a naval ship off Odisha coast at around 1125 hours,” Ravi Kumar Gupta,Director in the Directorate of Public ...