BrahMos Aerospace, an India-Russian joint venture, produces the lethal weapon that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft, or from land platforms
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
In fact, most of these tests have involved routine firing trials of weapon systems that the DRDO is developing and which are a long way from operational service
While the current test was restricted to 400 km, it is a signal that the BrahMos could be built for far longer ranges in the future, limited only by its fuel carriage.
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
These anti-ship missiles are now Navy's basic weapon across a range of warships
The missile has been developed by South China-based Guangdong Hongda Blasting Company
This test launch comes close on the heels of two trials of BrahMos missile conducted on May 21 and 22 this year in which major sub-systems manufactured indigenously under 'Make in India' were tested
BrahMos, billed as one of the fastest cruise missiles in the world, has a top speed of Mach 2.8. It was successfully tested in two consecutive launches on Monday and Tuesday
The test firing comes three months after the Brahmos cruise missile was successfully test fired for the first time from the Indian Air Force's frontline Sukhoi-30 MKI combat jet
A timeline for the project is being set, official sources said without elaborating
The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test fired from a Sukhoi-30 fighter jet on Wednesday
The test also made the Indian Air Force the first air force in the world to test a missile of this category from an air platform.
The missile was gravity dropped from the Su-30 from fuselage
This air-to-ground BrahMos missile can be easily used to destroy terror camps situated inside the enemy territory or take out underground nuclear bunkers
Land-attack version of BrahMos has been operationalised in the Indian Army since 2007
The land-to-land configuration of Brahmos missile was launched from a mobile autonomous launcher
Brahmos Missile has been jointly developed by India and Russia