Balasore (Orissa), September 05: Bolstering its defence capabilities, India today successfully test-fired an “advanced manoeuvrable” version of the 290-km range BrahMos cruise missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur off Orissa coast.
“User’s trial of BrahMos conducted by the Indian Army was successful,” ITR Director S P Dash said after the missile blasted off from a mobile launcher at around 11:35 AM from the complex-3 of the test range near here.
The trial of the “advanced manoeuvrable” version of BrahMos Block-II was conducted for achieving the maximum range of 290 km of the supersonic missile, he said.
The missile can fly at 2.8 times the speed of sound carrying conventional warheads up to 300 kg for a range of 290 km and can effectively engage ground targets from an altitude as low as 10 metres.
“The missile met all the specified parameters.
–Agencies