NEW DELHI – India successfully test-fired its indigenously developedsurface-to-surface short-range tactical ballistic missile ‘Prahaar’ fromthe Odisha coast Thursday amid heavy rains.

‘Prahaar’, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO), is capable of filling the gap between the multi-barrel rocketsystem ‘Pinaka’ and medium-range ballistic missile ‘Prithvi’. It can alsoengage multiple targets in different directions, official sources said.

The test launch was successful as the missile travelled a range of 200 kmbefore zeroing in on the target, achieving all mission objectives, thesources said.

The sophisticated missile was test-launched from launch pad-3 of theIntegrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near here at about 1.35 pm. It waslaunched from a mobile launcher, they said.

It is a solid-fuelled short-range missile fitted with inertial navigationsystem, they said.

The missile is equipped with state-of-the-art navigation, guidance andelectromechanical actuation systems with advanced on board computer.

It is a quick-reaction, all-weather, all-terrain, highly accuratebattlefield support tactical weapon system, the sources said.

Various tracking radars as well as electro-optic equipment were engaged totrack and monitor the missiles trajectory, they said.

“The DRDO successfully flight tested the indigenously developedsurface-to-surface tactical missile Prahaar’, from Launch Complex-III, ITR,Balasore,” a government statement read.