DRDO successfully conducts salvo launch of two Pralay missiles in Odisha | Watch

The tests were witnessed by senior scientists of DRDO, representatives of users from the Indian Air Force and the Indian Army as well as industry representatives

• DRDO successfully conducted salvo launch of two Pralay missiles off Odisha coast
• Pralay missile features advanced guidance for precision and various warhead types.
• Rajnath Singh praised DRDO and armed forces for successful tests.

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The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Wednesday successfully conducted salvo launch of two Pralay missiles in quick succession off the coast of Odisha.

Pralay is an indigenously developed solid propellant quasi-ballistic missile employing state-of-the-art guidance and navigation to ensure high precision, according to an official statement by the ministry of defence. The missile is capable of carrying multiple types of warheads against various targets.

"The flight-test was conducted as part of user evaluation trials. Both the missiles followed the intended trajectory meeting all flight objectives as confirmed by tracking sensors," the defence ministry said.

The launch took place at around 10:30 am today, according to the statement.

#WATCH | Pralay missile user trial salvo firing successfully conducted today. More details awaited pic.twitter.com/RW4O1QEBY0

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The tests were witnessed by senior scientists of DRDO, representatives of users from the Indian Air Force and the Indian Army as well as industry representatives including the development-cum-production partners.

The statement further said defence minister Rajnath Singh has complimented DRDO, Indian Air Force, Indian Army, DPSUs and the industry on the successful launch of the missiles in quick succession. The successful completion of the salvo launch of the Pralay missile has established the reliability of the missile, he said.

Secretary, department of defence R&D and chairman DRDO, Samir V Kamat, has congratulated the DRDO teams involved in the successful flight-tests and stated that the achievement indicates imminent readiness of induction of the system with the users.