New Delhi, December 26, 2022 (PPI-OT):India intends to deploy over a hundred ballistic missiles along its border with China and Pakistan. The report follows New Delhi’s claims of clashes between Indian and Chinese troops in a contested area of the Himalayas earlier this month. “A high-level meeting of the Defence Ministry cleared the acquisition of around 120 missiles for the Armed Forces and their deployment along the borders,” a senior defence official told the media.
According to media reports, the arms in question are domestically developed Pralay missiles. The tactical short-range quasi-ballistic devices were successfully tested by the Indian military a year ago. They are said to have the capability of hitting targets at a range of between 150 and 500 km, and being hard for air defences to intercept, due to directional changes during flight.
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