India tests Prithvi missile

India on Friday tested a short-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile at a test range on the country's eastern coast, a defence source said.
The test of the indigenously built Prithvi (earth) missile took place at the Chandipur-on-Sea test site in the eastern state of Orissa, the source said.
The missile has a range of 150-300 kilometres (93 to 186 miles) and can carry conventional and nuclear warheads. A variant of it has already been inducted into the Indian army.
A foreign ministry official in New Delhi said Islamabad had been informed ahead of time about the test of the Prithvi, which uses both solid and liquid propellants.