In December 2021, India successfully test-fired which of the following short-range, surface to surface guided ballistic missiles off the Odisha coast?

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The correct answer is Pralay.

Key Points

India on 22 December 2021 successfully test-fired short-range, the surface to surface-guided ballistic missile 'Pralay' off the Odisha coast.
The solid-fuel, battlefield missile developed by DRDO is based on Prithvi Defence Vehicle from the Indian ballistic missile programme.
'Pralay' is a 150-500 km short-range, surface-to-surface missile with a payload capacity of 500-1,000 kg.
The advanced missile has been developed in a way to able to defeat interceptor missiles.
It has the ability to change its path after covering certain range mid-air.

Additional Information

Recent Missile Tests in India:
- DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) and Indian Air Force flight-tested the indigenously made helicopter-launched SANT (Stand-off Anti-tank) missile from Pokhran ranges, on 11 Dec'21.
- India on 13 December 2021 successfully tested a long-range Supersonic Missile Assisted Torpedo (SMART) system developed by DRDO.
- DRDO officials on 7 December 2021 announced that India has successfully test-fired the Vertically Launched Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) from off the coast of Odisha.
- India successfully test-fired surface-to-surface ballistic missile Agni-5, on 27 October 2021.
- A new version of the Akash Missile, Akash Prime was successfully flight tested on 27 September 2021 from Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha.