India successfully tests ‘Pralay’ missile off Odisha coast

The solid-fuel, battlefield missile developed by the DRDO is based on Prithvi Defence Vehicle from the Indian ballistic missile programme.

India, on December 22, successfully test-fired short-range, surface-to-surface guided ballistic missile ‘Pralay’ off the Odisha coast, Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) sources said.

The solid-fuel, battlefield missile developed by the DRDO is based on Prithvi Defence Vehicle from the Indian ballistic missile programme.

The missile, launched from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island around 10.30 a.m., met all the mission objectives, the sources said. A battery of tracking instruments monitored its trajectory along the coast line, they said.