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title: "Prithvi Missile: India's First Ballistic Missile"
description: "Prithvi Missile is India's first indigenously developed short-range ballistic missile, crucial for military strategy across the Army, Air Force, and Navy."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- Prithvi is India's first indigenously developed short-range, surface-to-surface ballistic missile, produced under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme and inducted across the Army, Air Force, and Navy.
- What is the range of the Prithvi missile, and how do the variants differ?
- How does the Prithvi missile differ from the Agni series?
- Is the Prithvi missile nuclear-capable?
- Why is DRDO moving away from the Prithvi's liquid-fuel design?

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Prithvi is India's first indigenously developed short-range, surface-to-surface ballistic missile, produced under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme and inducted across the Army, Air Force, and Navy.

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In June 2021, India's Strategic Forces Command conducted a successful night training launch of the nuclear-capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Odisha, validating its operational readiness.

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