About Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile:
- It is a subsonic, surface‑launched cruise missile designed to strike land targets at long distances with high precision.
- Features:
- Range: It is capable of striking targets at ranges approaching 1,000km while carrying a 450kg warhead.
- It integrates a turbofan or turbojet propulsion unit for sustained flight, an advanced inertial navigation system augmented by satellite navigation for midcourse guidance, and a terminal seeker or terrain‑contour matching capability for accurate target engagement.
- It is designed for low‑altitude, terrain‑hugging flight.
- It minimises detection and interception risk while delivering a conventional warhead on designated high‑value targets.
- It introduces a survivable terrain-hugging precision strike capability capable of threatening high-value command infrastructure, logistics hubs, radar installations, and naval assets.
- It is developed by the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) in Bengaluru and contributions from various DRDO laboratories and Indian Industry partners.
