Advanced Sea to Sea Brahmos supersonic cruise missile
India successfully flight tests portable ‘fire and forget’ anti-tank missile
New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the final deliverable configuration of Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) today. It also successfully tested advanced sea to sea variant of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise missile from INS Visakhapatnam today. Both missiles hit the designated targets precisely.
The indigenously developed anti-tank missile is a low weight, fire and forget missile and is launched from a man portable launcher, integrated with thermal sight. The missile impacted the designated target and destroyed it. The final impact event was captured on camera and the test has validated the minimum range successfully.
Equipped with #IIRSeeker & advanced #Avionics #ManPortableATGM was flight tested for reliability & efficacy today. The missile hit the target with pin point accuracy. @DefenceMinIndia @SpokespersonMoD #AmritMahotsav#AtmaNirbharBharat pic.twitter.com/vDpKlP6xoj
— DRDO (@DRDO_India) January 11, 2022
The present test was to prove the consistent performance for the minimum range. All the mission objectives were met. The missile has miniaturised infrared imaging seeker and advanced avionics for on-board control and guidance. The missile performance has been proven for the maximum range in earlier test trials.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO for the consistent performance of the anti-tank missile and said that this was an important step towards Atmanirbhar Bharat in advanced technology-based defence system development. Secretary Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy congratulated the team for the excellent performance of the missile during the test.
– global bihari bureau
