Pralay ballistic missile(Pralay )

New Delhi: India is now developing hypersonic missiles. An official said that the army is going to include longer range rockets, cruise and ballistic missiles in its fleet. These include ballistic missiles like Nirbhay missile and Pralay  (Pralay ) with a range of 400 km and 2,000 km.

Long range missiles and rockets will be included in the army

Lieutenant General A Kumar, Director General of the Artillery Regiment of the Indian Army, said that the army is also focusing on long range rockets and in the coming time, it is being considered to increase the range of indigenous Pinaka rockets to 300 km. The official said that the Indian Army has got approval from the Defense Acquisition Council to acquire Pralay ballistic missile and Nirbhay missile.

DRDO is developing hypersonic missiles

Giving information about the missile program in a press conference, he said that the work of developing hypersonic missiles is going on from DRDO. To promote precision strike capability, we are procuring loiter munitions, swarm drones, runway independent RPAS and similar things, Lieutenant General Kumar said. He said that we are also emphasizing on strengthening intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft.

Infrastructure is being modernized

He said that we have taken several steps to modernize our training and administrative infrastructure. Due emphasis is being laid on training on technology equipment to include Runway Independent RPAS, loiter munitions and swarm drones. So far a total of 19 women officers have been commissioned in the Artillery Regiment. He said that all these women officers have been posted in units with different equipment profiles and terrain conditions. We have full confidence in their abilities and are sure that they will excel in their service career.