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The Indian Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has conducted another highly successful and decisive test of the precision surface-to-surface Quasi-Ballistic Missile ‘Pralaya’ from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) located in Chandipur, Odisha. During this maneuver, the missile completely destroyed the targets located at a maximum distance of about 500 kilometers with its tremendous power. This test is no less than a strategic boon for the Indian Army, because this missile completely turns the balance in India’s favor in terms of the firepower of conventional weapons deployed on the borders of China and Pakistan. After this test conducted under the User Evaluation Trial, the way has now been completely paved for the final deployment of Pralay Missile in the Indian Army and Air Force. Defense experts believe that this is not just a missile test, but an open declaration of the new Indian policy of strategic aggression along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and the Line of Control (LoC).
Conventional ballistic missiles travel on a fixed parabolic path, due to which radar and air defense systems can accurately predict their direction and speed. In contrast, ‘Pralaya’ is a quasi-ballistic missile. This means that it flies at a relatively low altitude and is able to change its direction even while flying at high speed through the air. When this missile moves towards its target, it dodges the enemy’s most modern air defense radar and interceptor missiles by changing its direction on the way. In the terminal stage, it achieves hypersonic speed of approximately Mach 5 to Mach 6.1 (six times faster than the speed of sound), thereby covering a distance of 500 kilometers in just seven to eight minutes. By the time the enemy command center realizes the attack, the cataclysm has swept away everything.
The strike range of the Pralay missile can be flexibly set between 150 and 500 kilometers. The missile is capable of carrying a variety of conventional warheads ranging in weight from 350 kg to 1,000 kg. Lethal weapons like High Explosive Pre-Fragmented (HEPF), Penetration-cum-Blast (PCB) and Runway Destruction Submunition can be added to this. Its concrete-penetrating warhead penetrates the enemy’s strong military bunkers, command and control posts and missile silos built deep beneath the ground, causing massive destruction within. This missile, with a circular error probable (CEP) accuracy of less than 10 metres, can destroy enemy airbases, runways, weapon depots and strategic bridges in the blink of an eye without causing any widespread civilian casualties.
Compared to strategic weapons around the world, India’s Pralay missile stands in the same category as Russia’s famous 9K720 Iskander and China’s Dongfeng-12 (DF-12). In the Ukraine war, Russia’s Iskander missile proved with its speed and maneuverability that quasi-ballistic missiles are the biggest headache for air defense systems in the modern battlefield. India has developed the same level of technology completely indigenously. The cataclysm has emerged as a sure shot against the way China has built a heavy military infrastructure on the Tibetan plateau across Ladakh and Arunachal. Any Chinese radar or surface-to-air system (such as the HQ-9) would be powerless to intercept the Doomsday’s fast speed and unpredictable flight path.
India’s declared nuclear policy is ‘No First Use’, which means that India will never launch a nuclear attack on any country first. In such a situation, conventional ballistic missiles like Agni or Prithvi cannot be used in minor tensions on the border, because it increases the risk of full nuclear war. Pralay fills this strategic gap—it is armed entirely with conventional weapons. India is now moving towards the formation of a separate ‘Integrated Rocket Force’ (IRF), in which the Pralay missile will play the role of the main pillar. It can be fired from a mobile canisterized launcher mounted on a 12×12 heavy military truck, which means it can be easily deployed, hidden anywhere in the inaccessible hills of the Himalayas or the Thar Desert, and fired within minutes. The process of ordering 250 missiles by the Indian Army and 120 missiles by the Air Force makes the country’s security network impenetrable. The successful test of the apocalypse in the direction of ‘self-reliant India’ in the defense sector is not only the self-reliance of the defense sector but also the strong shield of national sovereignty which stands ready to respond to every audacity with destructive force.