NEW DELHI — The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted the successful flight-test of the quasi-ballistic missile Pralay from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast at around 11:10 am on November 5, 2026, the Ministry of Defence said in a Press Information Bureau release.

Source: PIB / Ministry of Defence

All test objectives were fully met, as confirmed by data captured by range instruments deployed by the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, the ministry said. The flight-test was conducted as part of user evaluation trials, in the presence of senior DRDO officials, industry representatives and the Defence Forces.

Pralay has been indigenously developed by Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad, along with other DRDO laboratories, and Bharat Dynamics Limited, one of the development-cum-production partners, has produced the system, the ministry said. Defence Aviation Post also reported the test and the ministry's assessment that induction is nearing.

Source: Defence Aviation Post

With this successful test, the induction of the system has become imminent, the ministry said. It did not announce a commissioning date, the first operational unit, or when deliveries would begin. Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh complimented DRDO, the Defence Forces and industry partners on the successful flight-test, the release said.