India on Wednesday successfully test-fired two Pralay missiles one after another taking the indigenously developed weapon system a step closer to becoming part of the country’s defence apparatus. The twin missile tests took place off the coast of Odisha.
What is Pralay missile?
Pralay is a short-range surface-to-surface missile boasting a payload capacity of 500-1,000 kg. It is an indigenously developed weapon system that has state-of-the-art navigation system, ensuring high precision.
What is the Pralay missile range?
Pralay missiles can carry multiple conventional warheads over a range of 150 to 500 kilometres (kms). The solid propellant quasi-ballistic missile can carry “multiple types of warheads against various targets,” the statement said.
How was Pralay missile test conducted?
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) carried out the test-firing of the missiles from the same launcher at about 10.30 hours on December 31. “The flight-test was conducted as part of user evaluation trials. Both the missiles followed the intended trajectory meeting all flight objectives as confirmed by tracking sensors,” the defence ministry said in a statement.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reacts to Pralay missiles test
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh complimented the DRDO, which is the research and development wing under the Ministry of Defence, alongwith the Indian Air Force, the Indian Army, the defence public sector undertakings and the industry on the successful launch of the missiles.
Singh said the successful completion of Pralay missile’s salvo launch had “established the reliability of the missile”.
Samir V Kamat, secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development, and DRDO Chairman, too congratulated the DRDO teams involved in the successful flight-tests of the missile and stated that the achievement indicates imminent readiness of induction of the system with the users, the press statement added.
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Who has developed Pralay missile?
The missile has been developed by Research Centre Imarat in collaboration with other DRDO laboratories including Defence Research and Development Laboratory, Advanced Systems Laboratory, Armament Research and Development Establishment, High Energy Materials Research Laboratory and Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory.
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