Days after conducting the maiden flight test of the Pinaka long-range guided rocket, the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) on Wednesday successfully carried out a salvo launch of two Pralay missiles in quick succession from the same launcher off the coast of Odisha as part of user evaluation trials.
The successful user evaluation trial confirms the reliability and high precision of the indigenously developed quasi-ballistic missile, paving the way for its induction into the Indian Air Force and Army
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said the successful completion of the salvo launch of the missile has established the reliability of Pralay.
Pralay is an indigenously developed, solid-propellant, quasi-ballistic missile employing highly advanced, state-of-the-art guidance and navigation systems to ensure high precision. The missile is capable of carrying multiple types of warheads against various targets.
According to the defence ministry, both the missiles followed the intended trajectory and met all flight objectives, as confirmed by tracking sensors deployed by the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur.
The terminal events were confirmed by telemetry systems installed onboard ships deployed near the impact points.
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Pralay has been developed by the Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad, in collaboration with other DRDO laboratories—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 & Development Establishment (Engineers), and the Integrated Test Range—along with Development-cum-Production Partners Bharat Dynamics Limited and Bharat Electronics Limited, and other Indian industries.
For the tests, the systems were integrated by the two development-cum-production partners.
The tests were carried out in the presence of senior DRDO scientists, representatives of the user services from the Indian Air Force and the Indian Army, as well as industry representatives.
Rajnath Singh complimented DRDO, the Indian Air Force, the Indian Army, Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs), and the industry on the successful launch of the missiles in quick succession.
Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO, Dr Samir V. Kamat, observed that the achievement indicates the system’s imminent readiness for induction by the user services.