BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile

Navy buys most advanced version of BrahMos for Project 15B destroyers

To be lethal against warships and shore targets at 400 km; deal value Rs 1,700 crore

The joint Indian-Russian enterprise was named after the rivers of Brahmaputra and Moscow

India successfully test-fired supersonic cruise missile Brahmos off the Odisha coast here on Thursday, DRDO sources said. With new the added technologies, including the control system, the missile was test-fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) launch pad-III at Chandipur around 10.45 am, said a source at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The detailed data is being analysed analysis, the source said.

The procurement is expected to signal a major upswing in India's strategic ties with the Philippines

BrahMos Aerospace, an India-Russian joint venture, produces the lethal weapon that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft, or from land platforms

The missile hit a sinking ship with deadly accuracy and the test-firing produced desired results

In pictures: 10 missiles that India has tested in the last two months

Naval version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test-fired yesterday from an indigenously built stealth destroyer. With this, India has now tested 10 missiles in last 2 months

The missile was fired from INS Chennai, a stealth destroyer, and it hit the target with pin-point accuracy after performing "extremely complex" manoeuvres

The missile was fired from an integrated test range at Balasore in Odisha

India is now the only country in the world to integrate long-range missiles onto fighter jets after the BrahMos missile was test-fired from a Sukhoi 30 aircraft of the Indian Air Force

The missile is developed by the Indo-Russian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace and has a top speed of Mach 2.8