New Delhi: Two BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles were successfully test-fired from land and air platforms on Tuesday, defence officials said.
The land-attack version of the missile was test-fired from a mobile autonomous launcher at Launch Complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Odisha's Chandipur at around 8.30 am, they said.
The trial of the surface-to-surface missile was successful, meeting all the parameters, a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) official said.
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#IndianAirForce successfully fired #BrahMos 'air version' missile from the Su-30 MKI today. The launch was smooth with the missile following the desired trajectory and achieving a 'direct hit' on a sea target off the Odisha coastline. pic.twitter.com/wKpMUFKF5M
— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) December 17, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">#IndianAirForce successfully fired #BrahMos 'air version' missile from the Su-30 MKI today. The launch was smooth with the missile following the desired trajectory and achieving a 'direct hit' on a sea target off the Odisha coastline. pic.twitter.com/wKpMUFKF5M
— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) December 17, 2019#IndianAirForce successfully fired #BrahMos 'air version' missile from the Su-30 MKI today. The launch was smooth with the missile following the desired trajectory and achieving a 'direct hit' on a sea target off the Odisha coastline. pic.twitter.com/wKpMUFKF5M
— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) December 17, 2019
The air version of the missile was launched by the Indian Air Force (IAF) from Sukhoi-30MKI and it also successfully hit a target in the sea. "The test conducted in user configuration revalidated the ship attack capability of the advanced air-launched cruise missile," the officials said.
"Today was the third such live launch of the weapon and with this launch, the integration of the missile on Su-30MKI aircraft, is complete," the IAF said in a statement.
The BrahMos missile is a medium-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile capable of being launched from submarines, ships, fighter jets or land.
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