Pralay missile: India successfully test-fires short-range, surface-to-surface guided ballistic missile
Balasore (Odisha):
India successfully test-fired a short-range, surface-to-surface guided ballistic missile ‘Pralaya’ in Balasore off the Odisha coast today, DRDO sources said.
The solid-fuel, battlefield missile developed by the Defense Research Development Organization is based on the Prithvi defense vehicle from the Indian ballistic missile program.
Sources told news agency Press Trust of India that the missile, which was launched at around 10.30 am from APJ Abdul Kalam Island, fulfilled all the objectives of the mission.
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Sources told news agency ANI, “Prayalaya is a quasi ballistic surface-to-surface missile. The advanced missile has been developed to be capable of defeating interceptor missiles. It has to cover a certain range midway. The latter has the ability to change its course.” ,
He said a battery of tracking equipment monitored its trajectory along the coastline.
The ‘Pralaya’ missile is a 350-500 km short-range, surface-to-surface missile with a payload capacity of 500-1,000 kg.
(Inputs from PTI and ANI)
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