Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Jan 11: India on Tuesday successfully testfired BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Indian Navy’s INS Vishakhapatnam warship.
According to Indian Navy sources, the missile’s sea-to-sea variant was tested at maximum range and killed the target ship with pinpoint accuracy. The second test of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile comes less than a month after the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) announced in December that an air variant of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile had been successfully tested.
“Advanced sea to sea variant of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise missile was tested from INS Visakhapatnam today. The missile hit the designated target ship precisely,” said DRDO official.
On December 26, 2021, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh emphasised the need of maintaining nuclear deterrence and stated that India plans to manufacture the BrahMos cruise missiles so that no adversary nation may cast an evil eye on it.
The BrahMos supersonic missile was also testfired in December 2020, is jointly developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and NPOM of Russia under the joint venture BrahMos. On modern conflicts, the missile has already shown to be a formidable deterrent. It’s a multi-role, multi-platform weapon system that’s already proven its worth against a variety of adversaries. It has been used by all three branches of the Indian military.
