DRDO conducts successful flight-test of ‘Pralay’ missile

• The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test-fired quasi-ballistic missile Pralay from A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha on November 5.

• Pralay is a short-range surface-to-surface missile with a payload capacity of 500-1,000 kg.

• The missile, capable of carrying conventional warheads, has a range of 150 to 500 km.

• The indigenously developed solid propellant quasi-ballistic missile employs state-of-the-art guidance and navigation to ensure high precision. 

• The tactical missile is capable of carrying multiple types of warheads against various targets.

• All the test objectives were fully met as confirmed by the test data captured by various range instruments deployed by Integrated Test Range, Chandipur.

• Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad, along with other DRDO laboratories, has indigenously developed the missile.

• Bharat Dynamics Limited, one of the development-cum-production-partners, has produced the system.

(The author is a trainer for Civil Services aspirants.)