BrahMos Missile Test Fired Successfully

BrahMos missile test fired Successfully and became the world’s fastest cruise missile. BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile that has been launched by India and became the first country to have a manoeuvrable supersonic cruise missile in its inventory. BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is a joint venture between India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroeyenia who have together formed BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited.

The 8.4m long missile can hit a target at a distance up to 290km. The missile can travel at three times the speed of sound and carry a conventional warhead weighing 200-300 kg.

Defence scientists created a world record by flight testing the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos off the Orissa coast.It was for the first time that a cruise missile was tested at supersonic speeds in a steep-dive mode. The missile was test-fired from the integrated test rang launching complex-3 (LC-3) at Chandipur around 11.35 am on September 5, 2010.

Defence sources said the missile was tested by the armed forces from a mobile autonomous launcher. “The missile took off successfully and hit the desired target, meeting all mission parameters. It was a fantastic launch; a 100% success,” said ITR director S P Dash.

With this launch, The army’s requirement for land attacks with block-II advanced seeker software with target discriminating capabilities has been fully met. This version is ready for induction.

“This will provide an enhanced capability to the user for selection of a particular land target amongst a group of targets. With this, BrahMos has become the only supersonic cruise missile possessing advanced capability, providing an edge to the user with precise hit,” said an official.

The missile, which derives its name from the Brahmaputra and Moskova rivers, was developed by an Indo-Russian joint venture after the two countries signed an agreement in February 1998. It was possible to change the direction of the missile at supersonic speeds before hitting the target. The missile performed supersonic maneuvering following the exact flight path and homed on to the decommissioned target ship INS Meen. Brahmos can be launched from both vertical and inclined configurations from naval platforms.

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