Bhubaneswar : India Tuesday successfully test-fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a defence base in Odisha, an official said. It has a range of 290 km and can carry a conventional warhead of up to 300 kg.
The missile was launched from the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur in Balasore district, about 230 km from here.
“The test was successful. It was a land version of BrahMos. It was done with a total indigenous airframe,” M.V.K.V. Prasad, director of the test range, told IANS.
The missile, developed by the Indo-Russian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace, has a top speed of Mach 2.8, which is about three times faster than the US subsonic Tomahawk cruise missile. This makes BrahMos one of the fastest cruise missiles in the world.
The missile can be launched from submarines, ships and aircraft. Sea and ground launched versions of the missile have been successfully tested and put into service with the army and the navy.—IANS
What a waste of Money. Hate ,Hate & hate devouring the world & render the world to ruin.
Final war among all nations will wipe out many names from History as
was Prophesised in the Prophecy of Shah Niamoth Ullah(RA),
A proud day for India. It shows that Indian Technology can be world class. Income from Defense sales for G8 Nations is massive and similarly India can earn BILLIONS OF DOLLARS from this kind of technology. It can also benefit our SPACE PROGRAMS.
Brahmos Missile is one of a kind and will remind China that they will be punished, if they try to encroach Arunachal Pradesh or J&K.
Jai Hind.