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India Flight-Tests Quasi-Ballistic Pralay Missile in User Trials Ahead of Induction
India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation flight-tested the Pralay quasi-ballistic missile from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha on November 5, 2026, as part of user evaluation trials. Instruments at the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur confirmed that the flight met all test objectives, and representatives of the armed forces and industry observed the launch. Pralay is a canisterised, road-mobile, solid-propellant surface-to-surface weapon for conventional precision strikes, and India’s Ministry of Defence described its induction as imminent following the trial without announcing a service-entry date.