{"id":238241,"date":"2023-04-17T19:08:10","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T13:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=238241"},"modified":"2023-04-19T16:02:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T10:32:17","slug":"india-to-acquire-another-250-pralay-missiles-will-neutralize-advantage-of-china-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-to-acquire-another-250-pralay-missiles-will-neutralize-advantage-of-china-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"India to acquire another 250 Pralay missiles; will neutralize advantage of China, Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201c<\/b><b>India to acquire another 250 Pralay missiles; will neutralize advantage of China, Pakistan<\/b><b>\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published i<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n<\/span> <b>TOI <\/b><b>on <\/b><b>17th April 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian armed forces are prepared to place orders for two more Pralay ballistic missiles, at a cost of more than Rs 7,500 crore.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What are Pralay Missiles?<\/b><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_238242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-238242\" style=\"width: 453px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-238242 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/96575807.jpg?resize=453%2C827&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pralay Missiles\" width=\"453\" height=\"827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/96575807.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/96575807.jpg?resize=164%2C300&amp;ssl=1 164w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/96575807.jpg?resize=561%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 561w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-238242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: TOI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pralay\u2019 is a quasi-ballistic surface-to-surface missile.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Purpose: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile has been developed to defeat interceptor missiles as it has the ability to change its path midair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 The missile is designed to destroy enemy radar, communication installations, command centres and airfields.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Developed by<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian Air Force would be the first to receive the missile, and then the Indian Army.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Features: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile can hit targets 150-500 kms away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 The missile guidance system has integrated avionics and cutting-edge navigation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 The missile is powered by a solid propellant rocket motor. The composite propellant is highly efficient and generates more energy compared to the propellant used in Agni missile series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, like most tactical ballistic missiles it is mobile which means it can be used quickly on the battlefield.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Significance: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pralay will be India\u2019s first tactical quasi-ballistic missile and will give the armed forces the capability to hit enemy positions and key installations in actual battlefield areas.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cIndia to acquire another 250 Pralay missiles; will neutralize advantage of China, Pakistan\u201d published in TOI on 17th April 2023 What is the News? The Indian armed forces are prepared to place orders for two more Pralay ballistic missiles, at a cost of more than Rs 7,500&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-to-acquire-another-250-pralay-missiles-will-neutralize-advantage-of-china-pakistan\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India to acquire another 250 Pralay missiles; will neutralize advantage of China, Pakistan<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[11468,10496],"class_list":["post-238241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-pralay-missiles","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}