India tests Trishul missile

India's indigenously developed short-range surface-to-air missile Trishul was test-fired from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur about 15km from Balasore today.

The missile was launched from a mobile launcher at about 1415 IST, defence sources said.

Trishul is a short-range, quick-reaction, all-weather, surface-to-air missile designed to counter a low-level attack, the sources said.