BrahMos’ new version test-fired off Odisha coast

Sambad English Bureau Published On : Jan 20, 2022 at 1:29 PM

Balasore: A new version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was test-fired off Odisha coast here today, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) sources said.

Equipped with new technology, the missile was test-fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) launch pad-3 at Chandipur at 10.45 am on Thursday in Balasore district.

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Last week, the DRDO had successfully test-fired an improved sea-to-sea variant of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile. The missile was tested from INS Visakhapatnam (destroyer) on January 11. It hit the designated target ship precisely.

BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile jointly developed by Russian design bureau NPO Mashinostroyeniya and the DRDO. The missile was first test-fired in 2001. It can strike with a range up to 400 kilometers in the air and and 500 km on surface and sea platforms.

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