To give a cutting edge to its missile prowess, India successfully test-fired BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the integrated test range at Chandipur off Odisha coast. The missile with a flight range of up to 290 km is capable of carrying a conventional warhead of 300 kg, a Defence official said, adding the missile, a surface-to- surface Army version, was test-fired as part of user trial by the Army. The cruise missile was test-fired from a ground mobile launcher from launch complex-3 of ITR at about 10.30 a.m. and all data was retrieved for analysis, Defence sources said. “It was an experimental flight and the missile was tested successfully,” the ITR Director, Mr M.V.K.V. Prasad, said.

 

Source: Hindu Business Line

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