According to Indian defence officials a surface-to-air Trishul (Trident) missile was tested from the Chandipur-on-Sea range in the eastern coastal state of Orissa, on Sunday.
The missile, that was last tested in December, is designed to carry a 15-kilogram conventional warhead over a distance of nine kilometres. Officials declined to say whether the test was successful or not. India has stepped up the testing of three of the five guided-missile systems it developed as part of an ambitious programme launched in 1983 to become self-reliant in missile technology.
