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InsightsOnIndia · India · India completes Akash-NG user trials and fires Pralay in salvo, both cleared for 2026 induction
Policy analysis contextualising both systems within India's Atmanirbhar Bharat defence indigenisation programme, noting that Akash-NG replaces Barak-8/MRSAM for the stand-alone IAF air-defence role and that Pralay's surface-to-surface capability was previously held only by Brahmos, filling a shorter-range gap.
“Akash-NG and Pralay together close the gap between Akash-1S's short-range intercept envelope and BrahMos's deep-strike range, giving India a layered offensive and defensive missile stack produced entirely domestically.”