NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, DEC 22
DRDO successfully test-fired short-range surface to surface-guided ballistic missile ‘Pralay’ off the Odisha coast, in an added boost to the country’s Defence prowess.
The solid-fuel, battlefield missile developed by Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) is based on Prithvi Defence Vehicle from the Indian ballistic missile programme. The Pralay missile, launched from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island around 10.30 am, met all the mission objectives, officials said.
Congratulations to @DRDO_India and associated teams for the maiden development flight trial. My compliments to them for the fast track development and successful launch of modern Surface-to-Surface Quasi Ballistic missile. It is a significant milestone achieved today. pic.twitter.com/woixwxdxjb
— Rajnath Singh (मोदी का परिवार) (@rajnathsingh) December 22, 2021
Indigenously developed new surface-to-surface conventional ballistic missile ‘Pralay’ successfully flight tested from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island today. #NewTechnologies#AmritMahotsavhttps://t.co/kGgX3RMJ4k pic.twitter.com/cz1qm6OBdy
— DRDO (@DRDO_India) December 22, 2021
A battery of tracking instruments monitored its trajectory along the coastline, they said. Pralay is a 350-500 km short-range, surface-to-surface missile with a payload capacity of 500-1,000 kg. The project to develop Pralay was sanctioned in March 2015 with a budget of ₹332.88 crores.
