Advanced version of BrahMos missile test-fired

The missile with a 290-km range validated indigenous software algorithm

July 08, 2014 12:40 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 04:57 am IST - Kochi

In this January 26, 2014, photo, the Brahmos Weapon system is displayed during the Republic Day Paradeat Rajpath, New Delhi. India on Tuesday test-fired an advanced version of the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Odisha coast.  Phot:o: Sandeep Saxena

In this January 26, 2014, photo, the Brahmos Weapon system is displayed during the Republic Day Paradeat Rajpath, New Delhi. India on Tuesday test-fired an advanced version of the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Odisha coast. Phot:o: Sandeep Saxena

An advanced version of the Indo-Russian supersonic cruise missile BrahMos was successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur on the Odisha coast on Tuesday.

The developmental launch, in steep-dive mode for precision attack against targets behind mountain ridges, was carried out using a mobile autonomous launcher prepared by the third BrahMos regiment of the Army.

The flight-test of the missile, with a range of 290 km, was significant in that it validated the all-new indigenous software algorithm, resulting in “pinpoint accuracy against hidden land targets.”

The two-stage missile is capable of delivering a conventional warhead of 200-300 kg.

A. Sivathanu Pillai, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of BrahMos Aerospace, said the missile flew at Mach 2.8 in a textbook launch yielding cent per cent results.

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