Prahaar (missile)

Prahaar
Prahaar missile launched from a Road Mobile System
Type Tactical ballistic missile
Place of origin India
Production history
Manufacturer Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL)
Specifications
Weight 1280 kg[1]
Length 7.3 meters[1]
Diameter 0.42 meter[1]
Warhead Conventional warhead, 200 kg[1][2]
Propellant Solid
Operational
range
 150 km[1]
Flight altitude 35 km[1]
Guidance
system
 Inertial navigation system[3]
Accuracy 10 m CEP[4]
Launch
platform
 Tata transporter erector launcher[5]

Prahaar ("Strike") is an Indian solid-fuel road-mobile tactical ballistic missile developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Prahaar is expected to replace the Prithvi-I short-range ballistic missile in Indian service.[6]

Development and history

Prahaar is developed to provide a cost effective, quick reaction, all-weather, all-terrain, highly accurate battlefield support tactical weapon system. The development of the missile was carried out by the DRDO scientists in a span of less than two years.[7] The missile fills the short-range tactical battlefield missile role as required by the Indian Army to take out strategic and tactical targets. The mobile launch platform will carry six missiles, which can have different kind of warheads meant for different targets and can be fired in salvo mode in all directions covering the entire azimuth plane.[1] Indian newspaper The Hindu says it can carry omnidirectional warheads and could be used for striking both tactical and strategic targets.[8]

This solid-fuelled missile can be launched within 2–3 minutes[9] without any preparation, providing significantly better reaction time than liquid-fuelled Prithvi ballistic missiles and act as a gap filler in the 150 km (93 mi) range, between the Pinaka Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher and Smerch MBRL in one end and the Prithvi ballistic missiles on the other.[1][8][10]

Prahaar was test-fired successfully on 21 July 2011 from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur.[11] During the test, the missile traveled a distance of 150 km (93 mi) in about 250 seconds[1] meeting all launch objectives and struck a pre-designated target in the Bay of Bengal with a high degree of accuracy of less than 10 m (33 ft).[7]

On 20 September 2018, Prahaar was test fired for the second time from ITR, Chandipur.[12]

Pragati

The export variant of the system is the Pragati surface to surface missile. It was unveiled for the first time by DRDO at ADEX 2013 in Seoul, South Korea.[13][14] Pragati has a higher range of 170 km and shares 95% of Prahaar's hardware components.[5]

See also

Comparable missile

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "India successfully test-fires Prahaar missile". Hindustan Times. Press Trust Of India. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  2. ↑ Isby, David (29 July 2013). "India's Prahaar missile to be tested by DRDO". IHS Jane's Missiles & Rockets. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013.
  3. ↑ Richardson, Doug (1 March 2012). "DRDO parades its latest missiles in Delhi". IHS Jane's Missiles and Rockets. Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. 16 (3). ISSN 2048-3473.
  4. ↑ "Design Characteristics of India's Ballistic and Cruise Missiles" (PDF). Nuclear Threat Initiative.
  5. 1 2 Hardy, James (28 October 2013). "ADEX 2013: DRDO shows off Pragati tactical ballistic missile". IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. Archived from the original on 30 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Prithvi missiles to be replaced by more-capable Prahar: DRDO". The Times of India. PTI. 1 July 2013.
  7. 1 2 "DRDO Launches `PRAHAAR' - Surface to Surface Tactical Missile". Press Information Bureau. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  8. 1 2 Y. Mallikarjun (3 July 2011). "India all set to test new short-range tactical missile". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "New short-range missile test July-end". The Asian Age. India. 3 July 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  10. ↑ "Prahaar Missile to be test-fired on Sunday". IBNLive. 17 July 2011. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  11. ↑ "Short-range 'Prahar' missile test successful". NDTV.com. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  12. ↑ "India successfully test fires short-range tactical ballistic missile Prahaar". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  13. ↑ "India develops new surface-to-surface missile 'Pragati'". India Today. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  14. ↑ Rout, Hemant Kumar (5 November 2014). "Tactical Missile Pragati Readied for Export". The New Indian Express.
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