Pune: Indian Army on Tuesday successfully launched its BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in a “top-attack configuration”, hitting a target in the Bay of Bengal.
Over a month ago, the naval version of the BrahMos missile was successfully flight-tested from an indigenously-built stealth destroyer, INS Chennai, hitting a target in the Arabian Sea.
Posting the video of the test, the Pune-headquartered Southern Command of the Indian Army tweeted: “Indian Army successfully launched its BrahMos supersonic cruise missile on November 24 in a top-attack configuration, hitting a target in the Bay of Bengal with pin-point accuracy.”
The test was conducted from the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago.
“On November 24, approximately 1003 hours IST, Indian Army successfully test-fired a BrahMos land-attack cruise missile using a mobile autonomous launcher from Car Nicobar Island against a designated target located at a range of approximately 200 kilometres in Bay of Bengal. During this successful test-launch, the missile demonstrated the weapon’s unmatched lethal ability and formidable precision strike capability,” an official statement said.
The release added, “The land attack version of BrahMos with capability of cruising at 2.8-mach speed, is the cutting edge of the Indian Army since 2007. The present Block III version of the missile has successfully executed four operational launches in the past. With the upgraded capability the missile can hit targets at a range of upto 400 kilometres with precision. The launch marks the achievement of a critical milestone in enhancing India’s capability of engaging enemy’s vitally important targets in depth areas. The launch was witnessed by various dignitaries who lauded the commendable effort demonstrated during the successful execution of the launch.”
