DRDO conducts two consecutive flight tests of Pralay missile off Odisha

On 28 July 2025, India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the government's military research agency, carried out two consecutive flight tests of the Pralay missile. The launches took place from a test range off the coast of Odisha, in eastern India.

Pralay is an indigenously developed, quasi-ballistic surface-to-surface missile that uses solid propellant. It is designed to strike targets at short range, with a reach of roughly 150 to 500 km depending on the payload. The back-to-back launches were intended to validate the missile's performance and its guidance and control systems.

The Indian government said the tests met their objectives. Tracking equipment along the flight path monitored the missiles, and officials said the trials confirmed the system's reliability. The tests mattered because they were part of India's wider push to build home-made conventional strike weapons and reduce reliance on imports, and they moved Pralay closer to induction into the armed forces.