The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test-fired a series of trials for the 'Pralay' missile system, confirming its full range capability as well as minimum range during trials carried out over two consecutive days from the Odisha coast, an official confirmed on Tuesday.
The User Trials, conducted on Monday and Tuesday from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island, included the home-grown 'Pralay' missile—fueled by solid propellant and navigated by advanced navigation and control systems.
In a Defence Ministry statement, the missile flew with high accuracy, remaining close to its intended path and hitting the target with remarkable precision. The trials met all the objectives delineated.
All critical subsystems performed without any glitch, the Ministry further added, with data collected from a broad variety of monitoring systems under the control of the Integrated Test Range (ITR). These comprised ground sensors as well as instruments mounted on a ship placed tactically close to the proposed impact site.
Directed towards involving multi-domain targets with different kinds of warheads, 'Pralay' is an endurant tactical missile. It has been designed by the Research Centre Imarat, with joint contributions from other DRDO institutes like the Defence Research and Development Laboratory, Advanced Systems Laboratory, Armament Research and Development Establishment, High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory, Research and Development Establishment (Engineers), and the ITR.
Impressive contributions were also made by industry partners such as Bharat Dynamics Limited, Bharat Electronics Limited, and a number of private sector companies and MSMEs.
Witness to the successful flight tests were high DRDO scientists, user representatives of the Indian Army and Indian Air Force, and partner industry officials.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh wished the DRDO, Armed Forces, and industry partners on this achievement, observing, "The missile with the latest technologies will provide an additional technological advancement for the Armed Forces in countering threats."
DRDO Chairman and Defence R&D Secretary, Dr Samir V. Kamat, also appreciated the teams for the achievement. "The successful completion of phase-1 flight tests paves the way for induction of the system into the Armed Forces in the near future," he noted.
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