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500-km range, 1,000-kg payload: India test-fires quasi-ballistic missile Pralay

500-km range, 1,000-kg payload: India test-fires quasi-ballistic missile Pralay

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India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) flight‑tested its indigenously developed quasi‑ballistic missile Pralay on Thursday from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast at about 11.10 am. The short‑range surface‑to‑surface missile is reported to have a range of 500 km and can carry a conventional warhead weighing between 500 and 1,000 kg. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said the flight test was part of user‑evaluation trials and met all stipulated objectives, clearing the way for imminent induction into the armed forces. The test came shortly after Pakistan announced a flight test of its own Fa’az missile.

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India test-fires indigenously developed quasi-ballistic missile Pralay off Odisha coast

New Delhi: 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. Developed by the Defence Research and Development…

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Pralay missile clears user trial, induction imminent: DRDO

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday test-fired its Pralay quasi-ballistic missile, capable of striking enemy targets 500 km away with conventional warheads, in user trials that have now cleared the decks for its induction into the armed forces "With this successful test, the induction of the system has…

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