India on Sunday test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile from a naval ship in the Bay of Bengal, news reports said.
The Dhanush, which means archer's bow in Sanskrit, is a naval variant of the short-range Prithvi surface-to-surface missile, DPA reported.
The missile was launched from INS Subhadra, about 35 nautical miles offshore from the test range of Chandipur in India's eastern state of Orissa, IANS news agency reported citing defence sources.
The Dhanush is capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads and can carry a payload of up to 500 kilograms.
It is a single stage missile with liquid propellant and can hit both sea and land targets within a range of 350 kilometres.
The Dhanush is part of a series of weapons being developed by India's state-run Defence Research and Development Organisation under an integrated missile project launched in the early 1980s.