Army on Saturday successfully test fired the nearly 300-km-range Brahmos supersonic land attack cruise missile here
"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.
“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.