India on Wednesday conducted maiden test of next generation short-range ballistic missile Pralay from from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast. Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, it can strike target at range up to 500 km and carry up to 1 ton warhead, sources said.
“The missile, test-fired off the Odisha coast, has met all its objectives. The new missile followed the desired quasi ballistic trajectory and reached the designated target with high degree accuracy, validating the control, guidance and mission algorithms,” DRDO officials said.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO and associated teams for this maiden development flight trial. He complimented DRDO for the fast track development and successful launch of modern Surface-to-Surface missile.
Today India successfully testfired the Pralay surface to surface ballistic missile which can strike targets from 150 to 500 kms: DRDO officials pic.twitter.com/d1rSsYCzg6— ANI (@ANI) December 22, 2021
Secretary DD R&D and Chairman DRDO, Dr G Satheesh Reddy appreciated the team & said that this missile is a new generation Surface-to-Surface missile equipped with modern technologies & induction of this weapon system will give necessary impetus to the Armed Forces, DRDO officials said.
On December 18, another ballistic missile, the nuclear-capable Agni-P was successfully tested from the same island off Odisha coast. The ‘Agni P’ is a two-stage canisterised solid propellant ballistic missile with dual redundant navigation and guidance system, as per the DRDO.
The test was conducted at 11.06 am. “Various telemetry, radar, electro-optical stations and downrange ships positioned along the eastern coast tracked and monitored the missile trajectory and parameters. The missile followed textbook trajectory, meeting all mission objectives with a high level of accuracy,” the DRDO said in a statement.
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