Test launched by a Mobile Autonomous Launcher deployed in full configuration
Test launched by a Mobile Autonomous Launcher deployed in full configuration
Pokhran
: Army on Saturday successfully test fired the nearly 300-km-range Brahmos supersonic land attack cruise missile in Pokhran.
-"At 1000 hrs today, the Indian Army fired Brahmos land-attack cruise missile successfully against a designated target at Pokhran test range in Rajasthan, demonstrating the weapon's supreme operational capability,-" defence officials said.
The missile was test launched by a Mobile Autonomous Launcher (MAL) deployed in full configuration.
The test-fire, carried out in the user-deployment configuration by trained army personnel, met all the mission objectives, they said.
-"BRAHMOS missile system, the most lethal and potent weapon system for precision strike available with Indian Army, has proved again its effectiveness in today's successful launch,-" said Sudhir Mihra, Chief of BrahMos Aerospace.
The Army has already inducted three regiments of Brahmos in its arsenal. All are equipped with Block-III version of missile, which was tested on May 8 and 9 this year.
The land-attack version of Brahmos has been operationalised in the Army since 2007.
The fire-and-forget Missile has the capability to take on surface-based targets by flying a combined high-low trajectory, thus evading enemy air defence systems.
Inclusion of the powerful weapon system in Indian Army has given it a distinct operational advantage to knock down any enemy target even in the most difficult and hidden terrains, the officials said.
The missile, having a range of 290-km and a Mach 2.8 speed, is capable of being launched from land, sea, sub-sea and air against sea and land targets.
BrahMos is a joint venture between DRDO of India and NPOM of Russia.
