The supersonic cruise missile was successfully tested today – archival image of the previous test
Key points
- BrahMos as ‘main attack weapon’ will guarantee the invincibility of the warship
- It will engage surface naval targets at long ranges.
- The missile was fired from the Indian Navy’s stealth destroyer INS Chennai
New Delhi: India successfully tested the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Indian Navy’s INS Chennai stealth destroyer.
Upon hitting a target in the Arabian Sea, the missile successfully engaged it with pinpoint precision after performing extremely complex and high-level maneuvers.
BrahMos as a ‘primary strike weapon’ will ensure the invincibility of the warship when attacking naval surface targets at long ranges.
‘BrahMos will add to the capabilities of the Indian Armed Forces’
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO, BrahMos and the Indian Navy on the successful launch, while Dr G Satheesh Reddy, President of DRDO, congratulated the scientists and all DRDO staff, BrahMos, the Indian Navy and industry for the successful feat.
He further said that BrahMos missiles will add to the capabilities of the Indian Armed Forces in many ways.
This test comes after another BrahMos missile with an indigenous fuselage and propeller and a range of 400 km was tested from an integrated test range at Balasore in Odisha on 30 September.
The missile was originally built with a range of 290 km.
This successful test paved the way for India to have the next generation of a long-range tactical supersonic cruise missile.
India has conducted consecutive missile tests
Amid tensions with China, India has deployed a considerable number of the original BrahMos missiles and other key assets at various strategic locations along the Royal Line of Control (LAC) in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh.
India successfully tested an advanced version of the Shaurya missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead from a defense facility off the coast of Odisha on Saturday.
India has been conducting back-to-back missile tests. On October 3, India successfully tested an advanced version of the Shaurya missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead from a defense facility off the coast of Odisha.
The surface-to-surface missile can hit targets in a range of about 800 km and has been developed by DRDO.
On October 9, India successfully tested the Rudram anti-radiation missile from a Sukhoi-30 fighter jet off the east coast.
Developed by DRDO, the missile will provide air superiority, tactical capability for Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jets and has been designed to suppress enemy air defenses (SEAD).
