63. PRAGATI

♤ India has developed a newtactical surface-to-surface missile 'Pragati' with a range between 60-170 km.

♤ The government has approved that it may be offered to friendly countries if anyone shows interest in it.

♤ The new missile is based on the Prahaar missile developed by the DRDO for the Army and can be termed as its export variant with minor differences.

♤ Pragati like Prahar also depends on an indigenous ring laser gyro based inertial navigation system that can receive GPS updates to remove accumulated errors.