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Prahaar (missile)
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Prahaar (Sanskrit:픃퐃हार, Strike) is a solidfuel rocket
surfacetosurface guided shortrange tactical ballistic Prahaar
missile by DRDO of India. It will be equipped with
omnidirectional warheads and could be used for
striking both tactical and strategic targets.[2]
Contents
1 Development and history
2 See also
2.1 Comparable missile
3 References
4 External links
Development and history Prahaar missile launched from a Road Mobile
System
Prahaar is developed to provide a cost effective, quick
Type Tactical ballistic missile
reaction, allweather, allterrain, highly accurate
battlefield support tactical weapon system. The Place of origin India
development of the missile was carried out by the Service history
DRDO scientists in a span of less than two years.[3] The Used by Indian Army
missile fills the shortrange tactical battlefield missile Indian Air Force
role as required by the Indian Army and the Indian Air
Force, to take out strategic and tactical targets. The Production history
mobile launch platform will carry six missiles, which Manufacturer Defence Research and
can have different kind of warheads meant for different Development Organisation
targets and can be fired in salvo mode in all directions (DRDO)
covering the entire azimuth plane.[1] Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL)
This solidfuelled missile can be launched within 2–3 Specifications
minutes[4] without any preparation, providing Weight 1280 kg[1]
significantly better reaction time than liquidfuelled Length 7.3 meters[1]
Prithvi ballistic missiles and act as a gap filler in the
Diameter 0.42 meter[1]
Warhead Conventional or nuclear, 200 kg[1]
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150 km (93 mi) range, between the Pinaka Multi Barrel
Rocket Launcher and Smerch MBRL in one end and the Propellant Solid
Prithvi ballistic missiles on the other.[1][5][6] Operational 150 km[1]
range
Prahar was testfired successfully on 21 July 2011 from Flight altitude 35 km [1]
the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur.[7][8][9]
During the test Prahar travelled a distance of 150 km Speed Mach 2.03 (2,486.84 km/h)
(93 mi) in about 250 seconds[1][10] meeting all launch (average speed)
objectives and striking predesignated target in the Bay
of Bengal with a high degree of accuracy of less than Guidance Inertial navigation, terminal active
system radar homing
10 m (33 ft).[3]
Launch 8 x 8 Tatra Transporter Erector
The Export Variant of the System is Pragati surface to platform launcher
surface missile. It was unveiled for the first time by
DRDO at ADEX 2013 in Seoul, South Korea.[11] The
Export version of Prahaar known as "Pragati" is readied for export by DRDO in November 2014.[12]
See also
IGMDP
Project Devil
Prithvi missiles
BM30 Smerch
Pinaka Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher
Akash Missile
Comparable missile
MGM140 ATACMS
References
1. Press Trust Of India (21 July 2011). "India successfully testfires Prahaar missile". Hindustan Times. Retrieved
20 October 2011.
2. Y. Mallikarjun (3 July 2011). "News / National : India all set to test new shortrange tactical missile". The Hindu.
India. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
3. "Press Information Bureau English Releases". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
4. "New shortrange missile test Julyend". The Asian Age. India. 3 July 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
5. Y. Mallikarjun. "India all set to test new shortrange tactical missile". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
6. "Prahaar Missile to be testfired on Sunday – southindia – Orissa – ibnlive". Ibnlive.in.com. Retrieved
20 October 2011.
7. "Shortrange 'Prahar' missile test successful". NDTV.com. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
8. "Prahaar missile testfired successfully". Zee News. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
9. India Successfully tests short range ballistic missile (http://www.yahind.com/indiasuccessfullytestsshortrange
ballisticmissile_51062.html)
10. Shiv Aroor. "LIVEFIST: FIRST PHOTOS: Prahaar Missile Test". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
11. "India develops new surfacetosurface missile 'Pragati' ". India Today. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 November
2013.
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12. "Tactical Missile Pragati Readied for Export". Indian Express. 5 Nov 2014.
External links
First test launch video of the missile (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N1l5DMUjw4)
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