Prahaar (missile)

Prahaar
Prahaar missile launched from a Road Mobile System
Type	Tactical ballistic missile
Place of origin	India
Service history
Used by	Indian Army Indian Air Force
Production history
Manufacturer	Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL)
Specifications
Weight	1280 kg
Length	7.3 meters
Diameter	0.42 meter
Warhead	Conventional or nuclear, 200 kg
Propellant	Solid
Operational range	150 km
Flight altitude	35 km
Speed	Mach 2.03 (2,486.84 km/h) (average speed)
Guidance system	Inertial navigation, terminal active radar homing
Launch platform	8 x 8 Tatra Transporter Erector launcher

Prahaar (Sanskrit:प्रहार, Strike) is a solid-fuel rocket surface-to-surface guided short-range tactical ballistic missile by DRDO of India. It will be equipped with omnidirectional warheads and could be used for striking both tactical and strategic targets.

Prahaar is developed to provide a cost effective, quick reaction, all-weather, all-terrain, highly accurate battlefield support tactical weapon system. The development of the missile was carried out by the DRDO scientists in a span of less than two years. The missile fills the short-range tactical battlefield missile role as required by the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force, to take out strategic and tactical targets. The mobile launch platform will carry six missiles, which can have different kind of warheads meant for different targets and can be fired in salvo mode in all directions covering the entire azimuth plane.

This solid-fuelled missile can be launched within 2–3 minutes without any preparation, providing significantly better reaction time than liquid-fuelled Prithvi ballistic missiles and act as a gap filler in the 150 km (93 mi) range, between the Pinaka Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher and Smerch MBRL in one end and the Prithvi ballistic missiles on the other.

Prahar was test-fired successfully on 21 July 2011 from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur. During the test Prahar travelled a distance of 150 km (93 mi) in about 250 seconds meeting all launch objectives and striking pre-designated target in the Bay of Bengal with a high degree of accuracy of less than 10 m (33 ft).

The Export Variant of the System is Pragati surface to surface missile. It was unveiled for the first time by DRDO at ADEX 2013 in Seoul, South Korea. The Export version of Prahaar known as "Pragati" is readied for export by DRDO in November 2014.