India successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable missile Monday with a range of 220 miles (350 kilometers), a defense ministry official said, according to AP. Monday's test was considered routine and unlikely to aggravate tensions with longtime rival Pakistan. The surface-to-surface missile, «Prithvi-II» (Earth), was fired twice within five minutes from a range in Chandipur in the eastern state of Orissa. It can carry a warhead weighing up to 1,100 pounds (500 kilograms), he said. The Indian army already has inducted a shorter version of the missile, «Prithvi-I,» with a range of 95 miles (150 kilometers). It can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads.
