Overview
- The DRDO carried out a user‑evaluation flight test of the Pralay missile on Thursday, Nov 5, 2026, at 11:10 hrs from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island and data from the Integrated Test Range showed all test objectives were met.
- Officials at the test included senior DRDO leaders, defence force representatives and industry partners who observed performance and validated results using range instrumentation.
- Pralay is a solid‑propellant, mobile, short‑range surface‑to‑surface quasi‑ballistic missile that can manoeuvre in flight to complicate interception and deliver conventional warheads with a payload of about 500–1,000 kg over roughly 150–500 km depending on payload.
- Research Centre Imarat and other DRDO labs led development while Bharat Dynamics Limited served as a development‑cum‑production partner responsible for producing the system.
- The Defence Ministry says successful completion of user evaluation makes the missile’s induction into the armed forces imminent, which could expand India’s conventional strike options and complicate adversary air‑defence planning.