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BrahMos Cruise Missile successfully test-fired

December 2, 2010 at 09:14

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BrahMos Indian Missile SystemBrahMos Cruise Missile successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur off the Orissa coast.

The supersonic cruise missile with a range of 290-km and a precision strike capability was test-fired from a mobile autonomous launchers on 12×12 Tatra vehicle.

According to a source, “The trial was successful”.

The BrahMos Cruise Missile can fly at 2.8 times the speed of sound, is capable of carrying conventional warheads up to 300 kg for a range of 290 km. The missile can effectively engage ground targets from an altitude as low as 10 meters, they said.

The 8.4 meter-long missile is a two-stage vehicle that has a solid propellant booster and a liquid propellant ram-jet system.

Defence ministry spokesman Sitanshu Kar says the missile designed to carry conventional warheads was fired Thursday from India’s main missile testing centre in Orissa state in eastern India.

The Brahmos, named after India’s Brahmaputra River and Russia’s Moscow River, has been developed by a joint venture company set up by India and Russia nearly 13 years ago.

BrahMos is capable of being launched from multiple platforms like submarine, ship, aircraft and land based Mobile Autonomous Launchers (MAL).

One regiment of the 290-km range BrahMos-I variant, which consists of 67 missiles, five mobile autonomous launchers on 12×12 Tatra vehicles and two mobile command posts, among other equipment, is already operational in the Indian Army, the sources said.

The Indian Navy has begun the process of inducting the first version of BrahMos missile system in all front line warships from 2005.

The BrahMos missile for IAF’s Su-30MKI fighter jet is suppose to be ready in 2012.

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6 Comments

  1. ELDHO ISSAC January 14, 2011

    The test shows that Brahmos is the best in the world in its sector. Its clear indication of indo-russian joint venture,so looking forward to 5th gene- fighter jet program.it will help to compact china's dominance fighter jet.

  2. balavignesh February 6, 2011

    Brahmos is turely best in its class.DRDO should develop hypersonic version of it.

  3. STEALTH May 7, 2011

    India - Russia should work on long range Brahmos missile - Ranging 1000- 1500 km.

  4. Ranjithsingh13 July 30, 2011

    I LOVE MY COUNTRY

  5. Alexander October 27, 2011

    Good.Appreciable.Now more value should be given on longer range nuclear missiles such as the ICBM's.

  6. Vin November 5, 2011

    Good to see the results but should work more furiously on increasing the range of Brahmos to atleast 800-1000kms.

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