‘Prahar’ short range, tactical missile test successful: DRDO
21 Jul 2011
Bhubaneshwar: India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test-fired a short-range, surface-to-surface, missile, 'Prahar', this morning from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Balasore district.
'Prahar' is a Sanskrit word and means to 'To Strike'.
This single stage missile, with a range of 150 km and fuelled by solid propellants, took off at 8.15 am from a road mobile launcher in Launch Complex 3 of the ITR.
DRDO scientist declared the test firing to be successful.
"The test launch was fully successful as the surface-to-surface, sleek missile mounted on a road mobile launcher, roared into an overcast sky, seconds within its blast off," defence sources said.
"The missile witnessed a smooth vertical take-off from the launch pad and vital parameters will be analysed after mission data is retrieved," said a DRDO scientist soon after the missile was test-fired.
