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| engine = Two stage [[rocket motor]] with third stage [[MARV|MaRV]]<ref name="tnie-8sep18">{{cite news |last1=Rout |first1=Hemant Kumar |title=Pralay set for maiden launch |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2018/sep/08/pralay-set-for-maiden-launch-1869189.html |work=The New Indian Express |date=8 September | | engine = Two stage [[rocket motor]] with third stage [[MARV|MaRV]]<ref name="tnie-8sep18">{{cite news |last1=Rout |first1=Hemant Kumar |title=Pralay set for maiden launch |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2018/sep/08/pralay-set-for-maiden-launch-1869189.html |work=The New Indian Express |date=8 September 2018}}</ref> | ||
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| weight = {{convert|5|t}}<ref name="tnie-8sep18">{{cite news |last1=Rout |first1=Hemant Kumar |title=Pralay set for maiden launch |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2018/sep/08/pralay-set-for-maiden-launch-1869189.html |work=The New Indian Express |date=8 September | | weight = {{convert|5|t}}<ref name="tnie-8sep18">{{cite news |last1=Rout |first1=Hemant Kumar |title=Pralay set for maiden launch |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2018/sep/08/pralay-set-for-maiden-launch-1869189.html |work=The New Indian Express |date=8 September 2018}}</ref> | ||
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| filling = [[High explosive]] preformed fragmentation (PCB, RDPS)<ref>{{cite web |title=Prithvi Missile Warheads - Airforce Version |url=https://www.drdo.gov.in/technology-cluster-links/labs-products-detail/2646/174 |website=Armament Research & Development Establishment |publisher=Defence Research and Development Organisation |access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Warhead of Pralay |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Warhead_of_Pralay.jpg |website=Wikimedia Commons |access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref> | | filling = [[High explosive]] preformed fragmentation (PCB, RDPS)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Linganna |first1=Girish |title=India’s instrument of skyfall: Pralay surface-to-surface short range ballistic missile |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/defence/indias-instrument-of-skyfall-pralay-surface-to-surface-short-range-ballistic-missile/2924188/ |access-date=24 December 2022 |publisher=Financial Express |date=23 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Prithvi Missile Warheads - Airforce Version |url=https://www.drdo.gov.in/technology-cluster-links/labs-products-detail/2646/174 |website=Armament Research & Development Establishment |publisher=Defence Research and Development Organisation |access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Warhead of Pralay |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Warhead_of_Pralay.jpg |website=Wikimedia Commons |access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref> | ||
| filling_weight = {{convert|370|kg|lb|abbr=on}} - {{convert|700|kg|lb|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web |title=DRDO Technology Focus : Warhead for Missiles, Torpedoes and Rockets |url=https://www.drdo.gov.in/sites/default/files/technology-focus-documrnt/TF_May-Jun_2018_web.pdf |website=Defence Research and Development Organisation |publisher=Ministry of Defence |access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref> | | filling_weight = {{convert|370|kg|lb|abbr=on}} - {{convert|700|kg|lb|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web |title=DRDO Technology Focus : Warhead for Missiles, Torpedoes and Rockets |url=https://www.drdo.gov.in/sites/default/files/technology-focus-documrnt/TF_May-Jun_2018_web.pdf |website=Defence Research and Development Organisation |publisher=Ministry of Defence |access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref> | ||
| guidance = [[Inertial navigation system]]<ref name="tnie-8sep18"/> | | guidance = [[Inertial navigation system]]<ref name="tnie-8sep18"/> | ||
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'''Pralay''' ("[[Pralaya]] : Apocalypse") is a canisterised [[Tactical ballistic missile|tactical]], [[Surface-to-surface missile|surface-to-surface]], and [[short-range ballistic missile]] (SRBM) for battlefield use developed by the [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]] (DRDO) of [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/sizing-competition-doklam-plateau|title=Sizing Up the Competition on the Doklam Plateau|author=|date=|website=Stratfor|accessdate=30 April | '''Pralay''' ("[[Pralaya]] : Apocalypse") is a canisterised [[Tactical ballistic missile|tactical]], [[Surface-to-surface missile|surface-to-surface]], and [[short-range ballistic missile]] (SRBM) for battlefield use developed by the [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]] (DRDO) of [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/sizing-competition-doklam-plateau|title=Sizing Up the Competition on the Doklam Plateau|author=|date=|website=Stratfor|accessdate=30 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="tnie-8sep18" /> The missile is an amalgamation of technologies developed for [[exoatmospheric]] interceptor missile [[Prithvi Defence Vehicle]] (PDV) from [[Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme]] and [[Prahaar (missile)|Prahaar]] tactical missile.<ref name="tnie-8sep18" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Philip|first=Snehesh Alex|date=2021-12-22|title=Why Pralay quasi-ballistic missile, tested by DRDO today, will be a 'game-changer' for Army|url=https://theprint.in/defence/why-pralay-quasi-ballistic-missile-tested-by-drdo-today-will-be-a-game-changer-for-army/785809/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-22|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref> The project to develop Pralay was sanctioned in March 2015 with a budget of {{INRConvert|332.88|c|lk=on|year=2015}}.<ref name="scd-report30">{{cite web|title=Thirtieth Report on ''Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Defence for the year 2017-18 pertaining to Revenue Budget of Ordnance Factories, Defence Research and Development Organisation, DGQA and NCC (Demand No. 20)''|url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/65189/1/16_Defence_30.pdf|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|location=New Delhi|page=59|date=9 March 2017}}</ref> | ||
== Development == | == Development == | ||