New Delhi: Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos was successfully test fired today from Indian Navy’s indigenously-built stealth destroyer INS Chennai. The missile hit the target successfully in the Arabian Sea with pinpoint accuracy after performing high-level and extremely complex manoeuvres.
“BrahMos as ‘prime strike weapon’ will ensure the warship’s invincibility by engaging naval surface targets at long ranges, thus making the destroyer another lethal platform of Indian Navy. The highly versatile BrahMos has been jointly designed, developed and produced by India and Russia,” a Ministry of Defence press release stated here.
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO, BrahMos and Indian Navy for the successful launch.
Secretary Department of Defence Research & Development (DDR&D) & Chairman Defence Research and Development Oorganisation (DRDO) Dr G Satheesh Reddy, stated that BrahMos missiles will add to the capabilities of Indian Armed Forces “in many ways”.
– globalbihari bureau
