Trishul test-fired

By Our Staff Reporter

KOCHI, MAY 14. The Trishul missile was testfired here on Sunday in the presence of the Defence Minister, Mr. George Fernandes.

This was the sixth of a series of testfires of the surface-to- air quick-reaction missile. Three more test-fires would be carried shortly before the ``anti-missile missile'' goes on to the evaluation stage. After the close of all the nine tests in the current campaign, the DRDO will present its report to the Naval headquarters.

Today's testfiring, witnessed by the Defence Minister was carried out on INS Dronacharya against a stimulated target. The missile, when fully developed, could destroy an incoming missile.

PTI reports:

The Union Defence Minister, Mr. George Fernandes, reiterated that India had no plans to repeat its intervention a few years ago in the Sri Lanka, but said the Centre was closely watching the developments in the Island Republic.

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