India on Thursday successfully test-fired quasi-ballistic missile Pralay which is capable of carrying conventional warheads.
The missile was test-fired from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha, the defence ministry said.
The defence ministry said that all the test objectives were fully met as confirmed by the test data captured by various range instruments deployed by Integrated Test Range, Chandipur. The test was conducted as part of user evaluation trials and successfully met all the stipulated objectives, as validated by data captured through various range instruments. Defence Minister Singh complimented the DRDO, defence forces and industry partners on the successful flight-test.
In a post on X, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said, “DRDO successfully conducted the flight test of the indigenously developed Pralay Missile off the coast of Odisha today at 1110 hrs.
“With this successful test, the induction of the system has become imminent,” the ministry said. This successful trial marks “another significant milestone” in strengthening India’s indigenous defence capabilities, he said. Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad, along with other DRDO laboratories, has indigenously developed the missile, it said. The flight-test was conducted in the presence of senior officials from DRDO, representatives from the industry and the defence forces, as part of user evaluation trials, the ministry said in a statement.
