>Indeed, the DRDO has acquired the capability to develop all types of missiles through decades of sustained effort, and it’s time to capitalize on this painstakingly acquired capability.
>**Considering that the percentage of indigenous content in the Pralay missile would be much higher than the percentage of indigenous content in the Brahmos** variant exported to the Philippines, India’s earnings per missile would be much higher.
**Armenia Seeks To Counter Azerbaijan’s LORA Missile**
>Armenia reportedly wants to acquire the Pralay to counter the capability acquired by Azerbaijan through the purchase of LORA (Long Range Artillery) ballistic missiles developed by Israel Aerospace Industries.
>LORA is a theatre quasi-ballistic missile with a range of 400 kilometers and a CEP (Circular Error Probability) of 10 meters when using a combination of GPS and TV for terminal guidance.
>The Pralay is a mobile canister-based surface-to-surface SRBM (Short-Range Ballistic Missile) with a range of 150-500 km. It was developed from the Prithvi AD missile of DRDO’s BMD system.
>The missile navigates to its target using inertial guidance. It can be controlled throughout its flight.
>The Pralay features a radio frequency (DSMAC—Digital Scene-Matching Area Correlation) seeker for terminal guidance. The missile is fitted with an indigenously developed Fused Silica Radar Dome (RADOME)
>Iskander Analog
>**In many ways, Pralay is an analog of Russia’s Iskander-M missile, which has proven very effective in Ukraine. Besides similar range and (quasi ballistic) trajectory characteristics, the Pralay and Iskander have similar accuracy of around 10 m CEP.**
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>**The combination of high speed, quasi-ballistic trajectory, and terminal maneuvering makes the missile nearly impossible to intercept, as is the case with the Iskander-M.**
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>**The Russian Iskander-M missile’s spectacular performance in Ukraine has likely prompted the MoD and DRDO to accelerate its development and acquisition.**
>For relatively small countries such as Armenia, tactical ballistic missiles are a better and cheaper option to deter adversaries than deploying fighters with cruise missiles.
>Armenia may be the first country to express interest in an Indian tactical ballistic missile, but it likely won’t be the last. It’s not yet known if India has shown interest in exporting the missile.
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The Iskander performance in Ukraine is mixed at best. If Pralay is just a copy of the Iskander, it is not going to be a match for LORA, as we saw from our own experience and from Ukraine.
If Indians actually did improve it and do have better quality control (seems like Russia’s problems are also QA related) and we can do extensive testing before we commit, than sure.
However if the Brahmos is the better missile, or if we can get Western stuff, even better.
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>Indeed, the DRDO has acquired the capability to develop all types of missiles through decades of sustained effort, and it’s time to capitalize on this painstakingly acquired capability.
>**Considering that the percentage of indigenous content in the Pralay missile would be much higher than the percentage of indigenous content in the Brahmos** variant exported to the Philippines, India’s earnings per missile would be much higher.
**Armenia Seeks To Counter Azerbaijan’s LORA Missile**
>Armenia reportedly wants to acquire the Pralay to counter the capability acquired by Azerbaijan through the purchase of LORA (Long Range Artillery) ballistic missiles developed by Israel Aerospace Industries.
>LORA is a theatre quasi-ballistic missile with a range of 400 kilometers and a CEP (Circular Error Probability) of 10 meters when using a combination of GPS and TV for terminal guidance.
>The Pralay is a mobile canister-based surface-to-surface SRBM (Short-Range Ballistic Missile) with a range of 150-500 km. It was developed from the Prithvi AD missile of DRDO’s BMD system.
>The missile navigates to its target using inertial guidance. It can be controlled throughout its flight.
>The Pralay features a radio frequency (DSMAC—Digital Scene-Matching Area Correlation) seeker for terminal guidance. The missile is fitted with an indigenously developed Fused Silica Radar Dome (RADOME)
>Iskander Analog
>**In many ways, Pralay is an analog of Russia’s Iskander-M missile, which has proven very effective in Ukraine. Besides similar range and (quasi ballistic) trajectory characteristics, the Pralay and Iskander have similar accuracy of around 10 m CEP.**
…
>**The combination of high speed, quasi-ballistic trajectory, and terminal maneuvering makes the missile nearly impossible to intercept, as is the case with the Iskander-M.**
…
>**The Russian Iskander-M missile’s spectacular performance in Ukraine has likely prompted the MoD and DRDO to accelerate its development and acquisition.**
>For relatively small countries such as Armenia, tactical ballistic missiles are a better and cheaper option to deter adversaries than deploying fighters with cruise missiles.
>Armenia may be the first country to express interest in an Indian tactical ballistic missile, but it likely won’t be the last. It’s not yet known if India has shown interest in exporting the missile.
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The Iskander performance in Ukraine is mixed at best. If Pralay is just a copy of the Iskander, it is not going to be a match for LORA, as we saw from our own experience and from Ukraine.
If Indians actually did improve it and do have better quality control (seems like Russia’s problems are also QA related) and we can do extensive testing before we commit, than sure.
However if the Brahmos is the better missile, or if we can get Western stuff, even better.