BrahMos Missile Featuring Indigenous Booster Successfully Flight Tested

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  • BrahMos surface-to-surface supersonic cruise missile featuring indigenous Booster and Airframe Section along with many other ‘Made in India’ sub-systems

○was successfully flight tested, at the integrated test range (ITR) in Odisha’s Balasore district.

  • The BrahMos Land-Attack Cruise Missile (LACM) was cruising at a top speed of Mach 2.8.
  • The missile, is capable of hitting targets at more than 400-km range.
  • The test was carried out under PJ-10 project of the Defence Research and Development Organisation, under which the missile was launched with an indigenous booster.
  • This is the second time that the extended range version of BrahMos supersonic missile has been test-fired. The airframe and booster of the missile have been developed indigenously.
  • BrahMos missile, developed as part of a joint venture between India and Russia, was originally built with a range of 290 kilometres.
  • However, as part of the capability enhancement, the missile’s range was extended to over 400 kilometres.
  • The test was carried out under PJ-10 project of the Defence Research and Development Organisation, under which the missile was launched with an indigenous booster.
  • This is the second time that the extended range version of BrahMos supersonic missile has been test-fired. The airframe and booster of the missile have been developed indigenously.
  • BrahMos missile, developed as part of a joint venture between India and Russia, was originally built with a range of 290 kilometres.
  • However, as part of the capability enhancement, the missile’s range was extended to over 400 kilometres.
  • As per some estimates, the supersonic cruise missile can hits targets at a range of upto 450 kms.
  • The first test of the extended range BrahMos missile was conducted in March 2017.
  • BrahMos is the first supersonic cruise missile known to be in service.
  • BrahMos was first inducted into the Indian armed forces in 2005, when it was deployed on Indian Navy ship INS Rajput.
  • BrahMos’s ship-based and land-based versions are already in service while the air launch version has been successfully test-fired.