BrahMos Cruise Missile
successfully tested
BrahMos Cruise missile was successfully testied on Sunday 5th September,2010.
After its launch from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur,off Orissa, and reaching a flat trajectory, the missile dived vertically. The Missile performed the maneuver when it was flying at three times the speed of sound. Normally, a missile comes down gradually. This is a new capability proved by BrahMos, a product of India-Russia collaboration. This was BrahMos 23rd flight.
It was an important mission. For the first time, a Cruise missile was tested at a supersonic speed in a steep dive mode.
The two stage missile is nine meters long, has a diameter of 70cm and weights 3.9 tones with the canister. It can carry conventional war heads weighing 300 kg.
Prof. John Kurakar
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