India successfully test-fired land version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile 0807144

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014 11:43 AM
 
India successfully test-fired land version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile.
India on Tuesday, July 8, 2014, successfully test-fired the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos from a defence base in Odisha's Balasore district. The missile, which can carry conventional warhead of 300 kg up to a range of 290 km, was fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur, about 230 km east of state capital Bhubaneswar.
     
India on Tuesday, July 8, 2014, successfully test-fired the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos from a defence base in Odisha's Balasore district. The missile, which can carry conventional warhead of 300 kg up to a range of 290 km, was fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur, about 230 km east of state capital Bhubaneswar.
BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is a customised version of the Russian Yakhont (P-800 Oniks)supersonic anti-ship cruise missile.
     
"The test was successful. It was a land version of BrahMos. It was done with a total indigenous airframe," MVKV Prasad, director of the test range, said.

The missile, developed by the Indo-Russian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace, has a top speed of Mach 2.8, which is about three times faster than the US subsonic Tomahawk cruise missile. This makes BrahMos one of the fastest cruise missiles in the world. The missile can be launched from submarines, ships and aircraft. Sea and ground launched versions of the missile have been successfully tested and put into service with the army and the navy.

During the latest launch, the missile flew through the designated 290 km distance at speed of Mach 2.8 and achieved high precision with steep dive, BrahMos Aerospace spokesperson Praveen Pathak said in a statement. ”This was the 44th launch of BrahMos which was carried out with high level of reliability,” he said. BrahMos Aerospace chief A. Sivathanu Pillai confirmed that it was a text book launch achieving 100 percent results, executed with high precision from the Mobile Autonomous Launcher (MAL) prepared by the BrahMos 3rd regiment of Indian Army team.
     
India on Tuesday, July 8, 2014, successfully test-fired the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos from a defence base in Odisha's Balasore district. The missile, which can carry conventional warhead of 300 kg up to a range of 290 km, was fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur, about 230 km east of state capital Bhubaneswar.
BrahMos launcher unit