समाचार Samāchār · Defence · 6 November 2026

Pralay clears user trials and the Navy takes Amini. Two steps from lab to service

DRDO says induction of the Pralay quasi-ballistic missile is now imminent after Thursday’s test off Odisha. The same day GRSE delivered the Navy its fifth shallow-water anti-submarine craft.

Two Indian weapons moved from development towards service on the same day. On Thursday DRDO flight-tested the Pralay quasi-ballistic missile as part of user evaluation trials. The Ministry of Defence says induction has now become imminent. On the same day Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers delivered Amini, an anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft, to the Indian Navy.

Pralay lifted off from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast at about 11:10 am. Range instruments of the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur tracked the flight. DRDO says every test objective was met. The missile was developed by the Research Centre Imarat in Hyderabad with other DRDO laboratories. Bharat Dynamics Limited is the development-cum-production partner. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called it another significant milestone. Defence Secretary and DRDO chairman Rajesh Kumar Singh congratulated the teams. Credit goes to the scientists at RCI, the range crews at Chandipur and the users who ran the trial.

Amini is the fifth craft of its class built by GRSE in Kolkata, to Indian Register of Shipping rules. It is among the largest Indian naval warships driven by waterjets. It carries sonars, lightweight torpedoes and indigenous rocket launchers for hunting submarines close to the coast, and it can also lay mines and patrol. Indigenous content is over 80%. The ship takes the name of Amini Island in Lakshadweep and of an earlier anti-submarine corvette decommissioned in 2002.

The pattern matters more than either event. A missile that passes user trials and a warship that is delivered on its programme are what self-reliance looks like in practice. The work now moves to production lines, repeat orders and, in time, exports that help pay for the next programme.

What a founder takes from it: A test that ends in induction is the one that counts. The next phase is production at BDL, GRSE and their suppliers, and that is where Indian builders in sensors, electronics and components should be looking.