India fires two Pralay missiles in rapid salvo off Odisha as DRDO flags “imminent” induction
NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 07:06 ET India’s defence research agency fired two Pralay short-range ballistic missiles in quick succession off the coast of Odisha on Wednesday in user evaluation trials, the defence ministry said. https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2210128 The salvo launch — firing multiple missiles rapidly from the same launcher — matters because user evaluation trials are the late-stage tests run with the armed forces to validate a system before it is inducted into service. DRDO Chairman Dr Samir V Kamat said the achievement indicated “imminent readiness of induction of the system with the users,” according to the ministry statement. Both missiles
