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BrahMos supersonic land-attack missile successfully test fired by Indian Army

Defence Research And Development Organisation (DRDO) Tested The Latest Version Of The Cruise Missile From The Integrated Test Range (ITR) Chandipur At Sea In Balasore, Off The Odisha Coast.

News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Neha Singh | Updated on: 03 May 2017, 07:23:21 AM
BrahMos land-attack missile successfully test fired by Indian Army (File Photo)

New Delhi:

The Indian Army on Tuesday successfully test-fired an advanced and upgraded version of the BrahMos supersonic land-attack cruise missile with an extended range of 450 km in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, re-validating the weapon’s strike capability on Wednesday.

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) tested the latest version of the cruise missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) Chandipur at sea in Balasore, off the Odisha coast.

'The extended range BrahMos hit the target with centimetric accuracy. It's a big leg up for us and it was a fantastic test flight. With this new version, all three forces, Army, Navy and IAF will have the capability to strike deep into the enemy's territory.'

'This is the first for the world – a supersonic cruise missile with such a high range.'BrahMos is the first beneficiary of India's MTCR membership. We have fulfilled the government's dream. The BrahMos missile is one of the most precise and accurate in the world.

'During the launch at 1130 hrs, the land-attack version of the supersonic cruise missile system met its mission parameters in a copybook manner. It was a text book launch achieving 100 per cent results, executed with high precision from the Mobile Autonomous Launcher (MAL) deployed in full configuration,'said BrahMos in a statement.

According to BrahMos Aerospace, ''the formidable missile system once again proved its mettle to precisely hit enemy targets at much higher range than the current range of 290 km, with supersonic speed of 2.8 Mach'.

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First Published : 03 May 2017, 07:17:00 AM

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